Donnie Simpson will host
The Donnie Simpson Weekend Show, a two-hour program featuring music and interviews from the legendary DJ’s archives.
Co-hosted by
Tony Perkins,
The Donnie Simpson Weekend Show launches this weekend (Jan. 9-10) from Reach Media and will play every weekend thereafter on a total of nine affiliate stations including WAMJ-HD2 in Atlanta; WWIN in Baltimore; WOSL in Cincinnati; WZAK in Cleveland; WXMG in Columbus; WPPZ in Philadelphia; WFXC in Raleigh; WKJS in Richmond; and WMMJ in Washington D.C. Each episode will center around a specific music theme.
Over a career spanning 51 years, Simpson has hosted radio programs for stations including WJLB in Detroit and WKYS and WMMJ in Washington, D.C., where he and Perkins currently co-host afternoons. On TV, he also served as a VJ/host for BET’s
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Times Record
Editor s note: This story has been updated to accurately state the kinds of businesses that were shut down for 74 days in Arkansas because of COVID-19.
Bar and restaurant owners in Fort Smith who say they re already suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic are worried about an incoming 5% alcohol tax hike from the city.
Slated to go into effect Dec. 1, 2021 with a study session to reconsider in October, the capped-out alcohol sales tax would push adult beverage taxes in Fort Smith up to 19.75% for beer, 23.75% for wine and 33.75% for liquor when purchased in a bar or restaurant. While it was presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at Dec. 15 meeting as a tax upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived by such private club, City Administrator Carl Geffken on Wednesday said the tax would apply to all bars and restaurants in Fort Smith that serve alcohol.