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when rock-formatted radio station WLUP-FM in Chicago were, at the time, being sold to a Christian broadcaster in March 2018, radio DJ Steve Dahl wanted WLUP to play Highway to Hell by AC/DC to be its final song before the reformat.

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Fun Fact: when rock-formatted radio station WLUP-FM in Chicago were, at the time, being sold to a Christian broadcaster in March 2018, radio DJ Steve Dahl wanted WLUP to play “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC to be its final song before the reformat.

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