Topic How did this site start?
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I recently got to talk to Giovanni *fan girl scream*.
He pointed out that not many people really understand what goes into this site, and maintaining Loveline’s history. So could Spinfly and Giovanni, please explain how this happened, how it started, and what work is put into all of this?
From the FAQ:
For most of Loveline’s history, Westwood One (the studio that produced Loveline) did not keep studio recordings of the show. Amateur recordings from thousands of fans across the country are the only known copies of the show. Over the years, an underground community of Loveline fanatics has sprung up. They record, collect, and trade shows with one another.
lovelinetapes.com is a community effort to collect, organize, and share recordings of these old Loveline radio shows. The site makes them searchable, distributes them in an organized way, and encourages interaction between Loveline fans. The site launched in October 2009.
We have shows recorded from radio broadcasts between 1989 and 2005, almost exclusively from the Adam Carolla era. Of the 3,240 (66.7%) of them have recordings. Since we don’t have a complete broadcast schedule from the early years of Loveline, it’s likely that we have something like 30% of all shows broadcast from 1989 to 2005.
For legal reasons, we cannot post any shows after 2005. Westwood One makes those shows available on the official Loveline web site with a paid membership.
And let’s also applaud the hard work everyone, especially Giovanni has done to maintain these files, and Spinfly for doing the magic website stuff.
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