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.

Mexico Edition.

26 May, 2023

FRIDAY, MAY 26 PROGRAM # 10018 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The Mexican government recently launched the FB card, which allows Mexicans living in the US...

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Linea Abierta Programming: WEEK OF MAY 29, 2023

26 May, 2023

Latinos Marinos.

25 May, 2023

THURSDAY, MAY 25 PROGRAM # 10017 12:00 PM PT Latinos Marinos. Positing that every other breath of oxygen we take comes from the sea, advocates are...

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Extra Edition: Medi-Cal Renewal.

25 May, 2023

THURSDAY, MAY 25 PROGRAM # 10016 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Medi-Cal Renewal. California’s safety-net health program has resumed annual eligibility checks after the three years of...

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Uvalde: One Year Later.

24 May, 2023

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 PROGRAM # 10015 12:00 PM PT Uvalde: One Year Later. A year ago today, nineteen children and two adults were killed in a...

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Immigration Edition

23 May, 2023

TUESDAY, MAY 23 PROGRAM # 10014 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Florida Gov. DeSantis has signed into law a bill that’s considered the most extreme anti-immigrant...

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Extra Edition: Healthy Vision: A Family Focus. (Program Repeat) Also, Mental Health: Breaking the Stigma.

23 May, 2023

TUESDAY, MAY 23 PROGRAM # 10013 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Healthy Vision: A Family Focus. (Program Repeat) As people age, they’re at a greater risk...

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New York Bans Gas stoves. Also, Costs of Asthma and Smog.

22 May, 2023

MONDAY, MAY 22 PROGRAM # 10012 12:00 PM PT New York Bans Gas stoves. New York state will ban gas stoves and furnaces from most new homes...

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Mexico Edition.

19 May, 2023

FRIDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 10011 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In the book “Our Grandfathers Were Braceros and We Too,” a historian and a social activist...

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Remembering Chris Strachwitz.

18 May, 2023

THURSDAY, MAY 18 PROGRAM # 10010 12:00 PM PT Remembering Chris Strachwitz. Musicologist Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, has died at 91. Strachwitz helped record, preserve...

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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.