The OPEN LINE Show is hosted by Bob Slade, James Mtume and Bob Pickett. Open Line is a "live" call in show (1 hour) which airs on Sunday mornings beginning at 9 a.m. on a 50 thousand watt WRKS-FM, aka KISS-FM, reaching the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut markets. KISS-FM is the number one radio station in the urban / R&B market in the New York area with a listening audience of 2 million listeners daily. 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” (Talkers Magazine 2002). It is the most listened to black talk show in the tri-state area. 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.