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open-line

[oh-puh n-lahyn] /ˈoʊ pənˌlaɪn/
adjective
1.
(of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
Origin of open-line
1965-1970
1965-70
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British Dictionary definitions for open-line

open-line

noun
1.
(Canadian) a radio or television programme in which listeners' or viewers' questions, comments, etc, are telephoned to the studio and broadcast live. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) phone-in
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