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Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 10:23 PM I'm writing an essay regarding the influence of loveline and I need some raw statistics to start. I've looked around the web and what not, though havn't found any numbers. Hopefully one of you can point me in the right direction. 1) How long have they been on the air? 2) How many nightly listeners do they get? Thanks! —LippyTaK |
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 10:34 PM The show first started in 1983 (originally one night per week) - here is a good article with some Loveline history. I have never seen any stats abount listener numbers, but they have quite a number of affiliates, so probably a healthy number of listeners. —Kevin U. |
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 10:55 PM Sheesh, considering it broadcasts in 33 states I wonder if anyone has ever tallied up the total listeners. Anyway, thanks for the history. If anyone wants to give some more specific ideas on how I should approach this analytical essay, that would be awesome, though if not no worries.
Question: "Identify and discuss a person, fictional or nonfictional, who has helped shape culture and thought. You may select someone from any field: literature, the arts, science, politics, history, athletics, business, education, etc." My plan was to identify Adam/Drew as a single unit, siting them as my "person." I was then going to approach the essay in terms of 4 main points:
1) Their impact on culture is more powerful because they have a very personal impact on their audience.
2) The use of comedy serves to ...do something. I havn't figured out how to articulate it yet, but comedy is good right?
3) Their target audience is composed mostly of teenagers, who tend to be more maleable than adults. They aren't fully defined as individuals yet, and thus "soak up" the ideals that Adam/Drew advocate.
4) They both have integrity in that they are truly honest about themselves on the radio. In the midst of a culture so absorbed in being completely scripted, they serve as a beacon of blatant honesty.
5) Drew wrote a book to! —LippyTaK |
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 11:06 PM > "The use of comedy serves to ..." This is part of one of my previous posts, might help you clarify this point: Adam (fittingly) explains it best with his rarely used gaines-burger analogy: if you need to feed a pill to a dog, you have to stick it into the middle of some gaines-burger, or the dog won't eat it - Adam is the gaines-burger, and Drew is the medicine (although, Adam can often contribute to the "medicine" also); without Adam's comedic style, rants, and the occasional making-fun-of-callers, many teens would not tune in nightly to hear Drew give advice. —Kevin U. |
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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 12:29 AM That's a pretty funny and accurate analogy. —Full Meat |
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Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 1:42 AM
Edited Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 1:43 AM >>Adam (fittingly) explains it best with his rarely used gaines-burger analogy: if you need to feed a pill to a dog, you have to stick it into the middle of some gaines-burger, or the dog won't eat it - Adam is the gaines-burger, and Drew is the medicine (although, Adam can often contribute to the "medicine" also); without Adam's comedic style, rants, and the occasional making-fun-of-callers, many teens would not tune in nightly to hear Drew give advice. —Kevin U. At the risk of offending Kevin - One of the true deities that recognizes Loveline for what it is: Let me quote Adam from memory- Adam - 'You know how sometimes your dog gets sick - So you take him to the Vet. The Vet checks out the dog and says "well, it needs some antibiotics" - So the Vet gives you a bottle of pills. Now you get home and the next morning go to feed one of the pills to the dog - And the dog just spits the pill out on the floor.' 'The dog won't eat the pill alone - You need to wrap the pill up in a little Gaines-Burger, when you do that, the dog just swallows it down. That’s how it is - Drew is the antibiotic and I'm (Adam is) the Gaines-Burger." Quite possibly the single best analogy ever. The influence of Loveline can be summarily reasoned and explained by that single analogy...
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