Línea Abierta

Línea Abierta is the first — and only — national live talk and call-in program in public broadcasting interconnecting Spanish-speaking audiences and newsmakers throughout the United States and Mexico. Each weekday, Línea Abierta offers an hour of news, analysis, features, interviews, round-tables, special series and listener call-ins on current events, health, jobs, politics, the environment, education, the arts and culture, race relations and immigrant rights, and more. Diverse guests and audience members exchange views and crucial information, as our experienced hosts lead the dialogue. Radio Bilingüe launched Línea Abierta in 1995 to meet the void of intelligent, thoughtful Spanish language and Latino-oriented public affairs programming in public and commercial media — and it is still unmatched today, carried by 75 stations across the nation. Available free to stations via satellite, content deport and radiobilingue.org.

Candidate Forum: TJ Cox in Conversation with Voters.

17 August, 2018

Línea Abierta hosted a roundtable with residents and voters of California’s District 21, a hotspot in the battle for Congress.

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Mexico Edition.

17 August, 2018

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 PROGRAM # 8405 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news...

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Linea Abierta Programming: WEEK OF AUGUST 20, 2018

17 August, 2018

LÍNEA ABIERTA, the nation’s only daily Spanish-language talk show in public radio.

Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. Also, “A La Mar.”

16 August, 2018

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 PROGRAM # 8404 12:00 PM PT Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. The Tradiciones series of the musical label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings releases this week...

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Midterm Election Watch.

15 August, 2018

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 PROGRAM # 8403 12:00 PM PT Midterm Election Watch. An initiative in November’s Florida ballot seeks to restore the right to vote to 1.5...

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Immigration Edition.

14 August, 2018

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 PROGRAM # 8402 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. In a large federal operation, ICE agents arrested 147 in raids on farms in Nebraska and...

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Child Support: Engaging Parents.

13 August, 2018

MONDAY, AUGUST 13 PROGRAM # 8401 12:00 PM PT Child Support: Engaging Parents. In recent years, some states have been changing their approach in child support collection....

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Mexico Edition.

10 August, 2018

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 PROGRAM # 8400 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news...

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Rollback of Clean Car Rules. Also, Smoke from Wildfires: Health Alerts.

9 August, 2018

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 PROGRAM # 8399 12:00 PM PT Rollback of Clean Car Rules. The Trump administration is proposing to rollback landmark federal clean car and fuel...

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Beto vs. Cruz. Also, LULAC’s New Leader.

8 August, 2018

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 PROGRAM # 8398 12:00 PM PT Beto vs. Cruz. The Texas Senate race between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democrat challenger Betto O’Rourke is...

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Meet the Hosts

Chelis Lopez and Samuel Orozco

Línea Abierta originates from the Radio Bilingüe studios in Oakland and Fresno, California with hosts Chelis Lopez and Samuel Orozco. Each Friday a Mexico edition airs hosted by journalist Martha Elena Ramirez.