It has not been a good week for the city of Chicago, first dealing with the aftermath of the tragic beating of a high school student, then learning that the city will not host the 2016 Olympics. Now comes word that one of it’s favorite sons will soon be out of radio syndication. Citadel Media has notified it’s affiliates of the cancellation of syndicated radio personality Doug Banks‘ nationally syndicated radio show “Afternoons with Doug and De De” effective December 31. Banks has been with the …

De De McGuire, the long time partner of Doug Banks on Citadel Media’s syndicated afternoon show “The Ride with Doug Banks” is in for some very long days after being tapped by KKDA K-104 Dallas to be a part of their revamped morning show. McGuire will join K104 PD Skip Cheatham to co-host mornings and then will move across town to do the nationally syndicated radio show with Banks. This is the second time at K104 for McGuire who seventeen years ago became K104’s first female afternoon driver.
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Syndicated radio personalities Steve Harvey, Doug Banks, Tom Joyner, and Michael Baisden are set to participate in Clear Channel’s “Build the Dream” radiothon on August 28 to raise funds for a Washington DC, memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Clear Channel is working with the King National Memorial Project Foundation on the radiothon, which will be held on the 45th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Also participating will be Aretha Franklin, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Gen. Colin Powell, Tavis Smiley, and …