Doug Banks

CTL-E-2846 · Person · dj · 1986–1993

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago radio DJ; morning-drive host on WGCI from 1986 until 1993, when he was replaced by Tom Joyner’s syndicated morning show.

Notes

New entity created in batch RELP66 (2026-10-06); identity-resolution checked against canonical entities.json.

Relationships

WGCI — affiliated with
Doug Banks was WGCI’s morning-drive host, 1986–1993.
WGCI-FM 107.5 — affiliated with
Doug Banks was WGCI’s morning-drive host, 1986–1993.

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WGCI — hosted → this record
WGCI-FM 107.5 — hosted → this record

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CultureTechLens batch RELP66 research: Doug Banks

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