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The OPEN LINE Show is hosted by Bob Slade, James Mtume and Bob Pickett. Open Line is a "live" call in show (2 hours) which airs on Sunday mornings beginning at 10 a.m. to 12 noon on 50 thousand watt WRKS-FM, aka KISS-FM / 98.7 on the FM dial, reaching the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut markets.

 The Open Line Show has been called by numerous leaders and journalists as “One of the most important talk shows in America... Its impact is enormous,” and ranked by Talkers Magazine as one of the top 100 Talk Shows in America. Open Line is the most listened to talk show in the tri-state area with a 12+ share in its time slot. Open Line has won the 1998 & 2002 New York Metro A.I.R. Award for the “Best Public Affairs Show” in the New York Market.

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A Harlem, New York native, Bob Slade's original dream was to become an actor. He attended Queens College where he studied acting, and he eventually became a member of the Negro Ensemble Theatre Company and the Harlem YMCA Theater Group in NYC. He began doing news radio in 1971 at a Long Island radio station, and then he proceeded to a radio station in Upstate New York More...
 
An Attorney At Law for 33 years with vast experience in complex litigation, both civil and criminal, and former Judge in the Administrative Courts of New Jersey; Chairman and Organizing Founding Member of Black United Fund of New Jersey now the African American Fund of New Jersey   More...
 
Politically conscious, Mtume always gives the listening audience the “3rd Answer” on music, politics and events. There is, as he always says, “the right answer, the wrong answer and, of course, the third answer --- the answer you never really thought about”.    More...
The Open Line Celebrates 20 Years
2009 - Open Line 20th Anniversary @ BB Kings
Open Line Recap 11/15/09
Posted 11/17/2009 8:04:00 PM

It is now 7:30 A.M. I am up early reviewing the show rundown sheet for this morning. Checked in with Mtume on any updated topic deviations for the Show. Picked up Mtume a little after 9 A.M. and heading to the station. On the way, we chat about the topics for the morning. Mtume is especially animated about President Obama and his lack of respect and loyalty to Bill Thompson, the democratic mayoral candidate, during the recent mayoral election in NYC. Mayor Michael Bloomberg just barely won by 5% over Thompson - an unexpected close race given Bloomberg's $100 million dollar outlay versus Thompson's mere $10 million outlay for the race.
Mtume feels very strongly that President Obama should have paid more attention to the NYC mayoral election and just maybe Thompson could have won. He was disappointed that the President chose only to give Thompson, what he describes as ...

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Bill Goes Radio Silent vs. Slur (Article)
Posted 11/7/2009 3:27:00 PM

 Bill goes radio silent vs. slur

Keeps mum during caller's anti-Semitic slap at Mike

By SALLY GOLDENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN

Last Updated: 7:35 AM, November 2, 2009

Posted: 3:21 AM, November 2, 2009



Bill Thompson yesterday failed to challenge an anti-Semitic statement by a caller on a radio show who slammed Mayor Bloomberg as caring only about "the Jewish people of his persuasion."


T
he Democratic mayoral hopeful was appearing as a guest on KISS-FM's "Open Line" during the final 48 hours before tomorrow's general election when a caller who identified himself as "Carl from Harlem" greeted him and said, "I believe that you will be a good mayor . . . ...

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