RadioInsight for Monday 11 April 2016
 

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Doug Banks Passes At 57

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:00 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...-passes-at-57/

Syndicated afternoon host Doug Banks passed away this morning at the age of
57. While his cause of death has yet to be confirmed, Banks had suffered
from diabetes for many years. Banks began his career at 93.1 WDRQ Detroit
in the 1970s while in high school before moving on to 1580 KDAY Los
Angeles, 1310 KDIA Oakland, and 1230 KLAV Las Vegas before establishing
himself as a star in Chicago. Banks joined 102.7 WBMX in 1986 for mornings
before moving to crosstown 107.5 WGCI the next year to do nights and then
mornings. In 1994 Banks moved to afternoons and began national syndication.
That show would move to mornings in 1997 and remain there until 2008. That
year he moved to sister Urban AC V103 102.7 WVAZ for afternoons and
relaunched his show in syndication first with Citadel Media and later
American Urban Radio Networks. Banks had taken some time off earlier this
year due to complications from his diabetes. WVAZ has a memorial page up
for Banks on their website.

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FCC Report 4/10: Syracuse FM's Play Call Letter Shuffle

Posted: 10 Apr 2016 12:00 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headli...etter-shuffle/

A slow week on the application front is led by the call letter changes of
multiple stations in the Syracuse market following the recent Family Life
Ministries deals.