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WBLS will keep a major institution from Kiss FM on the air.
WBLS (107.5 FM) will retain the popular "Open Line" public affairs show from the late Kiss-FM, WBLS program director Skip Dillard said Thursday.
"Open Line," which is cohosted by Bob Slade, James Mtume and Bob Pickett, will stay in its 10 a.m.-noon timeslot Sundays. It will follow The Rev. Al Sharpton, 9-10 a.m.
"Open Line" is one of the only issue-oriented talk shows on black radio, and community groups had been lobbying WBLS for its continuation.
WBLS will also bring in Fred Buggs from WRKS for the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday shift, filling the vacancy left by the sudden death of Brian Carter. The rest of the WBLS Saturday schedule will remain the same.
On Sunday, WBLS will also bring in Felix Hernandez's "Rhythm Revue," noon-3 p.m.
The rest of Sunday will include "Hal Jackson's Sunday Classics," 3-6 p.m., Imhotep Gary Byrd, 6-8 p.m., and "Caribbean Fever," 8 p.m.-midnight.
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