Local favorite Doug Banks returns to morning shift

It's back to mornings for Doug Banks.

After two years as host of a nationally syndicatedurban-contemporary afternoon show, the former Chicago radio star hasagreed to a new multimillion-dollar morning deal.

The move, effective March 2, may pave the way for Banks toreturn to his former local outlet on WGCI-FM (107.5), where he playedto top ratings for more than a decade.Although his afternoon show still airs in 29 markets, Banks hasbeen off the air in Chicago since August, when WEJM-AM (950) was soldand switched to a sports-talk format."I never thought I would be saying this, but I can't wait tostart waking up at 3 a.m.," said Banks, who will continue tooriginate his …