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Black Music Month QLS Classic: Donnie Simpson

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How to Be a Successful Radio DJ

There's Shock When They Find Out I Do Radio But Yeah But You Know It Was Really Something Special Man. Not Just Black Way Not Just Black About Your Radio Career: "You Represented A Time When Music Was Fun And The Videos Were Fun" There was a time when Bill Cosby and Donnie Simpson were the first African-Americans to host national TV shows. In that era, black men weren't known for being lawyers or janitors but as hosts of late night talk shows like San Diego Hall & Brian Gumbel. Now they're doing it again on VH1.

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