were regulars on air as well. The greatest success came with the combination of Doug Banks, Dede McGuire, and Rudy Rush. In January 2008, the show was cancelled, but Banks relaunched the show, this time in the afternoon drive under the new name, The Ride with Doug and DeDe. Unlike his previous show where Mainstream Urban/Hip Hop/R&B music was played, Banks's new program was aimed at the Urban Adult Contemporary audience, similar to what is played on Joyner's and Steve Harvey's shows. In July 2010, Banks moved his show to American Urban Radio Networks and renamed it The Doug Banks Show. After many years of hosting both the morning show for K104 Dallas and cohosting the syndicated afternoon show with Doug, Dede McGuire resigned to focus exclusively on her own morning show. DeeDee Renee replaced Dede McGuire as cohost. Doug's final broadcast was on Friday April 8, 2016 when he did his show live from an event in Chicago. Banks also hosted some editions of NASCAR Now on ESPN2. He also made a guest appearance on the sitcom My Wife and Kids as Tom Miller, a friend of Michael Kyle who is tragically killed after being hit by a taxi (offscreen), shortly after he and Michael were together. The death of Tom makes Michael paranoid and overly sensitive about his own life. Death Banks died from complications of diabetes and kidney failure on Monday April 11, 2016. Banks is survived by a wife, three daughters and a son. References 1958 births 2016 deaths American radio DJs Radio personalities from Chicago Radio personalities from Detroit Radio personalities from the Las Vegas Valley Radio personalities from Los Angeles Radio personalities from Philadelphia Radio personalities from San Francisco Deaths from diabetes