# Phil Valentine

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**Philip Carr Valentine** (September 9, 1959 – August 21, 2021) was an American [conservative](/source/Conservative) [talk radio](/source/Talk_radio) host, author and actor. He broadcast daily on [WWTN](/source/WWTN), a [Cumulus Media](/source/Cumulus_Media) station in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville,_Tennessee), and hosted *The Phil Valentine Show*, syndicated nationally through the [Westwood One](/source/Westwood_One_(1976%E2%80%932011)) radio network.[1] He was an opponent of a proposed [state income tax](/source/State_income_tax) in Tennessee and [denied climate change](/source/Climate_change_denial).[2][3]

During the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States), Valentine opposed [mask mandates](/source/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic) and argued against vaccinations against COVID-19.[4][5] He died from complications of COVID-19 on August 21, 2021.[6][7]

## Early life and education

Valentine was born in [Rocky Mount, North Carolina](/source/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina), to Betsy Carr and six-term [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) [Tim Valentine](/source/Tim_Valentine). He was raised in [Nashville, North Carolina](/source/Nashville,_North_Carolina).[8] Valentine scored high on [IQ](/source/Intelligence_quotient) tests but received poor grades in school. He blamed his trouble concentrating in school on an [attention deficit disorder](/source/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder).[9] At 13, Valentine fronted a band called The Nashville Five. His father provided opportunities for gigs at Democratic Party events. Valentine graduated from [Northern Nash High School](/source/Northern_Nash_High_School).[9]

He attended [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University) to study business, but transferred to the [Connecticut School of Broadcasting](/source/Connecticut_School_of_Broadcasting) after a friend encouraged Valentine go into radio because of his deep voice.[9][10]

## Radio career

Valentine began his radio career at small-market radio stations in North Carolina after graduating from broadcasting school. After the death of his mother when he was 21, Valentine moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he sold [health club](/source/Health_club) memberships and worked part-time as a [disc jockey](/source/Disc_jockey).[9][11]

After three years in Nashville, Valentine hosted a morning drive show for WLAC-FM and a talk radio show on weekends in 1991.[11] In June 1995, Valentine started *The Phil Valentine Show*, a talk-radio show on Nashville radio station [WWTN](/source/WWTN) while performing in television commercials.[11] Valentine moved to [WWDB](/source/WWDB) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) where he hosted a morning show. When WWDB was sold in 1998, Valentine worked in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) at [WABC](/source/WABC_(AM)). In April 1998, Valentine resurrected *The Phil Valentine Show* in Nashville during morning drive-time at [WLAC (AM)](/source/WLAC). After five years, Valentine left WLAC to write a book.[12]

On July 8, 2004, Valentine returned to talk radio at WWTN. From 2007 to 2019, the nationally syndicated *The Phil Valentine Show* aired on 100 stations. Valentine ranked No. 47 on the 2021 Heavy Hundred, a list of the top 100 radio talk-show hosts as determined by [*Talkers*](/source/Talkers_Magazine), a talk-media trade magazine.[13] He was voted Best Conservative in a 2018 *[Nashville Scene](/source/Nashville_Scene)* readers' poll.[14] In 2019, Valentine returned to broadcasting at WWTN, where he worked until his death.[11][15]

## Other media

Valentine authored three nonfiction books, *The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z*, *Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America*, and *Tax Revolt: The Rebellion Against an Overbearing, Bloated, Arrogant, and Abusive Government*.[16][17] He wrote three novels, *The Godplayers*, *The First Face of Janus*, and *Barbican*.[18][19][20]

On January 26, 2012, Valentine wrote, produced and starred in the documentary *[An Inconsistent Truth](/source/An_Inconsistent_Truth)* as a response to the [Al Gore](/source/Al_Gore) movie *[An Inconvenient Truth](/source/An_Inconvenient_Truth)*.[21][4] During the two weeks after it opened at a single Nashville movie theater, it was the country's top-grossing film on a per-screen basis.[22][21] In 2012, Valentine won the Excellence in Filmmaking award at the libertarian Anthem Film Festival and Best Documentary at the [Nevada Film Festival](/source/Nevada_Film_Festival) in Las Vegas.[23][24]

Valentine appeared in the 2014 movie *[Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?](/source/Atlas_Shrugged_Part_III:_Who_Is_John_Galt%3F)*. He performed in an episode of [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)'s *[Threat Matrix](/source/Threat_Matrix)* television drama and the 2015 movie *[The Secret Handshake](/source/The_Secret_Handshake_(film))*.[25][26][27] Valentine's screenplay "Derek Dickens & The Dream" won first place in the 2015 Colorado Film Festival and was a finalist in screenwriting contests at the [Beverly Hills Film Festival](/source/Beverly_Hills_Film_Festival) and [Atlanta Film Festival](/source/Atlanta_Film_Festival).[28][29][30]

## Activism

### State income tax

In 2001, Tennessee Governor [Don Sundquist](/source/Don_Sundquist) proposed a state income tax to overcome a budget shortfall. Tennessee lawmakers were at an impasse when Republican state senator [Marsha Blackburn](/source/Marsha_Blackburn) tipped off Valentine that a vote on the measure was imminent. Valentine opposed a state income tax and urged his listeners to swarm the Tennessee state capitol to voice their opposition.[2] More than 2,000 people stormed the capitol and broke windows in what became known as the Tennessee Tax Revolt.[2][31] Valentine said Sundquist committed political adultery after promising in his 1994 gubernatorial campaign to veto any state income tax.[12] The measure failed in the legislature and Valentine emerged as a hero among conservatives in Tennessee.[12]

### COVID-19

Valentine was a skeptic of wearing masks to prevent [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) and suggested that only those with underlying health conditions should be [vaccinated](/source/COVID-19_vaccine) against the illness.[32][33] He performed a parody song, "Vaxman", in the style of the 1966 [Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) song "[Taxman](/source/Taxman)", altering the lyrics to parody vaccination efforts.[34][35] He compared vaccination status badges worn by medical workers with the [yellow badges](/source/Yellow_badge) German Jews were ordered to wear by the Nazis.[36] Valentine predicted his chance of dying from COVID-19 was less than one percent.[36]

After growing sicker with COVID-19, Valentine's brother, Mark, said Valentine expressed regret that he had not been vaccinated and that his criticism of the COVID-19 vaccine had caused some listeners of his radio program to choose not to be vaccinated.[37]

## Personal life, illness and death

Valentine had three sons with his wife, Susan.[38] He co-hosted *PodGOATs*, a nonpolitical podcast, with his son, Campbell.[39][40]

On July 11, 2021, Valentine announced he had COVID-19.[41][42] To battle the illness, Valentine took [Vitamin D](/source/Vitamin_D) and the anti-parasite drug [ivermectin](/source/Ivermectin_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic), despite warnings by the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration) against using the medication for a COVID-19 remedy.[43][44] As Valentine's health deteriorated, he regretted his public activism against vaccination and was placed on [mechanical ventilation](/source/Ventilator) on July 28, 2021.[45][46] Valentine's brother, Mark, announced on July 30, 2021, that Valentine required [extracorporeal membrane oxygenation](/source/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation) (ECMO), which acts as an artificial lung and heart for the body.[47] Valentine died of complications of COVID-19 on August 21, 2021.[6][7]

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1. Masters, Hamilton Matthew & Heyward, Giulia (July 25, 2021). ["After Covid Diagnosis, a Conservative Radio Host Sends a New Message"](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/phil-valentine-covid-nashville-.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210726092924/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/phil-valentine-covid-nashville-.html) July 26, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

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## Further reading

- ["Phil Valentine Finds the Philadelphians Unexpectedly Delightful"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210823035257/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32DD175DD2CE4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D). *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)*. October 4, 1996. Archived from [the original](http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32DD175DD2CE4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D) on August 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ["Talk radio's Valentine offers 'rehab' for liberals"](https://archive.today/20130131215731/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tennessean/access/1821224591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+02,+2003&author=ROBERT+L+DOERSCHUK&pub=The+Tennessean&desc=Talk+radio's+Valentine+offers+'rehab'+for+liberals&pqatl=google). *[The Tennessean](/source/The_Tennessean)*. October 2, 2003. Archived from [the original](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tennessean/access/1821224591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+02%2C+2003&author=ROBERT+L+DOERSCHUK&pub=The+Tennessean&desc=Talk+radio%27s+Valentine+offers+%27rehab%27+for+liberals&pqatl=google) on January 31, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.

## External links

- [Phil Valentine's official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20250210133716/https://www.philvalentine.com/)
- [Phil Valentine](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1321797/) at IMDb

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