• Peabody Award winning radio journalist for "The Rise and Fall of Vee-Jay Records," producer and critic  for WRKS-FM (KISS-FM) in NYC for 30 years;



• On-Air personality on the Wake Up Club featuring Jeff Fox, Talent and Shaila from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. and previously on the Isaac  Hayes Morning Show;

• On-Air personality & Co-Host for KISS-FM’s Sunday morning public affairs program, OPEN LINE (10 A.M. to 12 noon), and its Sunday evening weekly news (11 P.M.) program, WEEK IN REVIEW;

• Executive Producer, Soul Beginnings which won the NY Metro A.I.R. Award for “Best Evening Show” in NYC in 1997 and Producer for The Legend Series for KISS-FM /1998;

• 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. It was in 1980 that Bob joined the KISS family and became its News Director.

• Bob's ability to answer almost any question regarding entertainment, sports, music, past events, and current affairs has made him the 98.7 KISS FM historian on just about any subject. His diverse knowledge on music, Black History and the Women's movement is simply impressive and encyclopedic.

• Bob has won two Achievement In Radio Awards; The first for the Best Night Time Show (Soul Beginnings), and the other in 1997 for Soul Beginnings.

• The recipient of the 1998 & 2002 New York Metro A.I.R. Award for the “Best Public Affairs Program” for KISS-FM’s "Open Line Show."

SOME FACTS ABOUT BOB PICKETT

• 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;

• On-Air personality & Co-Host for KISS-FM’s Sunday morning public affairs program, OPEN LINE (10 A.M. to 12 noon), and its Sunday evening weekly news (11 P.M.) program, WEEK IN REVIEW;

• Featured Commentator on the Wake Up Club featuring Jeff Fox, Talent, Shaila and Bob Slade from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. weekdays;

• Executive Producer & Producer of The Legend Music Series for KISS-FM; Producer for KISS-FM’s Soul Beginnings (another music series) which won the NY Metro A.I.R. Award for “Best Evening Show” in NYC in 1997;

• The recipient of the 1998 & 2002 New York Metro A.I.R. Award for the “Best Public Affairs Program” for KISS-FM’s "Open Line Show."

• Juris Doctorate degree (1972) from The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan;

• Former General Counsel to the Newark (NJ) Board of Education;

• A member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, United States Circuit Court for the Third and Sixth Circuits, a member of the State Bars of Michigan and New Jersey, The United States District Courts for Michigan and New Jersey, the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Michigan State Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association of Newark, New Jersey, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, Former Pres., the Garden State Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association.

• Counsel in nearly 40 published court opinions --- State and Federal;

• Former Aide to U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Assistant Counsel to Governor (NJ) James Florio for Education;

• Former National Chairman of the National Black American Law Students Association while at The University of Michigan Law School;

• Appointed by Governors (NJ) Brendan Byrne and Thomas Kean as an Administrative Law Judge with the Administrative Court (OAL) of New Jersey (1981-1985);

• Recipient of numerous citations and awards, including the Garden State Association of Black Journalists award for the Best Syndicated Show, Visions of Black America, as producer and writer for the series

SOME FACTS ABOUT JAMES MTUME

• On-Air personality & co-host of KISS-FM’s popular OPEN LINE SHOW, Sunday morning talk show;

• Former music producer for Fox Network’s highly rated weekly crime drama New York Undercover;

• Featured Commentator on the Wake Up Club featuring Jeff Fox, Talent, Shaila and Bob Slade from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. weekdays;

• A former jazz percussionist, Mtume moved into urban contemporary and funk in the late '70s, and became one of the more successful producers and performers in both styles during the '80s.

• The son of the great jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, Mtume was a conga player and percussionist who recorded and toured with Miles Davis and has been featured on albums by the Heath Brothers, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, and Freddie Hubbard.

• Mtume recorded as a bandleader for Strata-East before turning to funk in the late '70s. Mtume's band included the sassy, sultry vocalist Tawatha Agee, keyboardist Phil Fields, and bassist Ray Johnson. Mtume, the band, had a number one R&B hit with "Juicy Fruit" for Epic Records in 1983 and a number 2 R&B single in 1984 with "You, Me and He". Mtume recorded for Epic until the late '80s. Their final Top Ten hit was "Breathless" in 1986. Mtume produced and/or wrote for such artists as Stephanie Mills, Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway, Phyllis Hyman, Gary Bartz, Sadane, Lou Rawls, Rena Scott, Eddie Henderson in the late '70s, Levert, Tyrone Brunson, Roy Ayers, Henderson and Tease. Roots and Influences: Miles Davis and Pharoah Sanders. Mtume’s hits for Robert Flack and Donny Hathaway include “The Closer I Get To You” and “Back Together Again”, both platinum sellers and widely viewed “classic songs” in the business.

• Mtume is a two time Grammy Award winning producer and writer for his work on “What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin”, the album that catapulted Stephanie Mills to fame in the 80s.

• Mtume scored the film “Native Son” in the late 80s and is popular producer for the likes of Mary J. Blige, Jodice and other Hip Hop singers and rappers.

• 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”.