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THE SPOTLIGHT BAND JUST ''IENT OFF THE WAS WONDERFUL HEARING THE TERP.IFFIC MUSIC ALTHOUGH NINruIT GET THE NAME OF TI{E BAND. RIG+IT NOV' A NEillS COMMENTATOR lS ADVERTISING S,;ME T00TH POIIDER 0R S0METHING. THERE CERTAINLY IS AN ADVANTAGE IN BEING IN RADIO, ALTHOUGH

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