DIALOGUE 360 (formerly “China Crosstalk”) was conceptualized and brought to the public by its host and producer, Jay Stone Shih in 1997. Since then, Jay Stone Shih has been engaging newsmakers, authors, politicians, entertainers, business leaders, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, professors, Presidential candidates and other notable guests and commentators in interviews in Mandarin.

As part of the regular program, phone calls from viewers were also featured. “China Crosstalk” had its roots in radio. Experiencing popularity early-on, the program migrated to TV. Stone created, produced and hosted "China Crosstalk", which debuted on KTSF in November 2000 as a half-hour-long late-night interview program. KTSF's broadcast of China Crosstalk marks the first time the Bay Area Chinese community had the ability to direct their questions to prominent newsmakers in a television format.

“China Crosstalk” became nationally syndicated in May 2002. Stone has consistently engaged an exceptional range of interviewees including Jackie Chan, Lang Lang, Amy Tan, Joan Chen, Bai Ling, Anchee Min, Iris Chang, Dr. Kai-fu Lee, Dr. Steven Chu, Mayor Ma (Taipei), Harry Wu, Dr. Henry Lee, John Woo, Zhang Ziyi, CoCo Lee, Zhang Yimou, Yuan Yuan Tan, among hundreds of others. After five years, Stone left KTSF to expand his program, continuing to build bridges to other platforms, audiences, and continents.

A Few Accolades for China Crosstalk
Northern California Chinese Media Association - "The Best Radio Program" 1998
Northern California Chinese Media Association – “The Best TV Program” 2001
New California Media - Special Achievement “Global Voice” Award 2003
Asian Business League of San Francisco – Excellence in Media Arts 2003
China Crosstalk has rapidly "taken the Bay Area by storm", the World Journal
“It’s (China Crosstalk) as balanced as it gets,” Orvell Schell (Dean of the journalism school at the University of California at Berkeley) in AsianWeek
“All-Mandarin TV interview show hosted by a man known as the Asian Larry King” in SF Weekly
“China Crosstalk sets standard…..show unique” in San Jose Mercury News

「話越地平線」始於1997年4月11日。
由於當時在中國大陸十三個城巿播出的美國流行音樂節目「史東時間」(Rock with Stone) 受到美國媒体的注意及報導，引起了美國本地電台的興趣。其中舊金山的KVTO (AM1400)也表示希望播出為中國大陸製作的 "史東時間"。

KVTO計劃的是下午六點至七點的黃金時段。得知後，我於是提出了一個在我腦中構思了很久的新構想。那就是「話越地平線 」(China Crosstalk)。

海外華人由於政治立場的不同，加上長久的相互攻奸，形成了一種互不相容，互不信任的局面。「話越地平線」的目的是希望建立一個具有公信力的平台，透過它與全世界華人交談，來增進彼此間的認識與了解。「話越地平線」名稱的意思，也就是 "與地平線彼岸的人交談"。

1997年4月11日，在沒有廣告，也沒有任何宣傳的情況下「話越地平線」靜悄悄地開播。雖然衹是一個一瓩的小功率電台，但它的威力立即受到了聽眾的注意及強烈的反應。

話越地平線是一股清流 --聽眾反應
話越地平線席捲灣區 -- 世界日報

由於「話越地平線」的成功，2001年與北加州KTSF26台簽下五年合約，從此進入了電現階段。五年合約期滿之後的今天，「話越地平線」將稟持其一貫的精神與目標，向「多平台」，「全球性」的方向發展。

「話越地平線」的精神：

「拋開政治匡匡，成為中國智慧的集散中心」
「不問紅黃藍綠，祇問黑白」
「發言的權利，比發言的內容更重要」
「不設防，不設限」
「不想把黑的說成白的，只想把白的說成白的」


--  史東