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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 HR 1030 3
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By: Representative Duffield 5
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HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
TO HONOR "BROADWAY" JOE BOOKER FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS 9
TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 10
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TO HONOR "BROADWAY" JOE BOOKER FOR HIS 14
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO 15
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 16
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker, a South Carolina native, began his 18
broadcasting career in the United States Air Force in 1976 as an announcer 19
with the American Forces Network Korea; and 20
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WHEREAS, after relocating to Arkansas, "Broadway" Joe Booker earned an 22
associate degree at Arkansas State University and then earned a Bachelor of 23
Arts at Arkansas Baptist College in African American Community Leadership; 24
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker continued to hone his broadcasting 27
skills, becoming well known in Central Arkansas as "Broadway Joe", and 28
receiving accolades such as: 29
(1) A nomination from Billboard Radio & Records for Station of 30
the Year in 1993; 31
(2) The Billboard Radio & Records award for Impact Program 32
Director of the Year in 1994; 33
(3) The National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio award 34
for Medium Market Station of the Year for the entire nation; and 35
(4) The Billboard's Distinction award on behalf of the station 36 HR1030
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for Radio Station of the Year in 1994; and 1
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker started area promotional events such as 3
Blues on the River and Juneteenth, collectively earning over one hundred 4
forty thousand dollars ($140,000) for The Watershed, a Little Rock nonprofit 5
devoted to transforming the lives of those it serves; and 6
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WHEREAS, some of the many humanitarian causes to which "Broadway" Joe 8
Booker dedicates his life include the Power 92 Jammers basketball team, the 9
Jacksonville Mighty Vikings youth football team, The Watershed annual 10
Christmas Food Drive, Little Rock's Crisis Team and Gang Task Force, and the 11
national OK Program to mentor African American men and boys; and 12
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker is now the program director at Cumulus 14
Media, Little Rock, program director at KIPR Power 92.3 Jams, and host of the 15
"Broadway Joe Talk Show" and also the "Broadway Joe Video Show" which was the 16
first Little Rock urban music video program; and 17
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker remains convinced that connection to his 19
audience transcends changing fashions and tastes and has been quoted as 20
saying that "as African Americans, we expect to get all our information, 21
education[,] and entertainment from our radio station, and that goes back to 22
the 50s[,] 60s[,] and 70s"; and 23
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WHEREAS, "Broadway" Joe Booker says that family is the "key to all of 25
his success", and he and wife Freddie have been married over thirty (30) 26
years and are proud parents and grandparents, 27
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NOW THEREFORE, 29
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 30
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 31
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THAT the House of Representatives honor "Broadway" Joe Booker for his 33
contributions to the community and to the State of Arkansas. 34
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 36 HR1030
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provided to "Broadway" Joe Booker by the Chief Clerk of the House of 1
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