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'''Philip Carr Valentine''' (September 9, 1959 – August 21, 2021) was an American [[conservative]] [[talk radio]] host, author and actor. He broadcast daily on [[WWTN]], a [[Cumulus Media]] station in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], and hosted ''The Phil Valentine Show'', syndicated nationally through the [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] radio network.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 26, 2018|title=Phil Valentine Tops Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville 2018 Readers' Poll as Best Conservative |url=https://www.997wtn.com/2018/10/26/phil-valentine-tops-nashville-scenes-best-of-nashville-2018-readers-poll-as-best-conservative/|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=Super Talk 99.7 WTN|publisher=Cumulus Media| language=en-US|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192952/https://www.997wtn.com/2018/10/26/phil-valentine-tops-nashville-scenes-best-of-nashville-2018-readers-poll-as-best-conservative/}}</ref> He was
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], Valentine opposed [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|mask mandates]] and argued against vaccinations against COVID-19.<ref name="nyt-jimenez"/><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Phil Valentine, conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831104113/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/|archive-date=August 31, 2021|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=August 21, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /
== Early life and education ==
Valentine was born in [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]], to Betsy Carr and six-term [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Tim Valentine]]. He was raised in [[Nashville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-23| title= Phil Valentine's sister pens emotional letter after conservative radio host's COVID-19 death|url=https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/coronavirus/phil-valentines-sister-pens-emotional-letter-after-conservative-radio-hosts-covid-19-death/|access-date=2021-09-03| website= CBS17.com|language=en-US| archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903094107/https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/coronavirus/phil-valentines-sister-pens-emotional-letter-after-conservative-radio-hosts-covid-19-death/|url-status=live}}</ref> Valentine scored high on [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] tests but received poor grades in school. He blamed his trouble concentrating in school on an [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|attention deficit disorder]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web| last=Schmitt|first=Brad|date=August 6, 2017|title=Phil Valentine: How his mom's sudden death spurred him to chase his radio dreams| url= https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/06/phil-valentine-how-his-moms-sudden-death-spurred-him-chase-his-radio-dreams/510350001/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-04| website=The Tennessean |language=en-US| archive-date=September 5, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053407/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/06/phil-valentine-how-his-moms-sudden-death-spurred-him-chase-his-radio-dreams/510350001/}}</ref> At 13, Valentine fronted a band called The Nashville Five. His father provided opportunities for gigs at Democratic Party events.
== 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]] memberships and worked part-time as a [[disc jockey]].<ref name= ":4" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web| title= The Phil Valentine Show| website= 997wtn.com |url= https://www.997wtn.com/philvalentineshow/| access-date=2021-08-30| publisher= WWTN-FM|language=en-US|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210830033512/https://www.997wtn.com/philvalentineshow/|url-status=live}}</ref>
After three years in Nashville, Valentine hosted a morning drive show for WLAC-FM
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 Magazine|''Talkers'']], a talk-media trade magazine.<ref>{{cite web| title=Heavy Hundred| url= http://www.talkers.com/2015-talkers-heavy-hundred-26-50/| website= Talkers.com | date= March 11, 2015|access-date=May 7, 2015| archive-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150501184832/http://www.talkers.com/2015-talkers-heavy-hundred-26-50/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was voted Best Conservative in a 2018 ''[[Nashville Scene]]'' readers' poll.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 16, 2018| title=Readers' Poll Best Conservative| url= https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2018/media-and-politics/readers-poll/best-conservative/article_272b4281-1e30-58ea-9bc7-ff6d21d9df72.html|url-status= live| access-date=August 30, 2021| website= NashvilleScene.com | language= en|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192955/https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2018/media-and-politics/readers-poll/best-conservative/article_272b4281-1e30-58ea-9bc7-ff6d21d9df72.html}}</ref> In 2019, Valentine returned to broadcasting at WWTN, where he worked until his death.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite magazine| last= Hudak| first= Joseph| date=August 21, 2021|title=Phil Valentine, Conservative Radio Host and Vaccine Skeptic, Dead at 61 From Covid Complications| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/phil-valentine-radio-covid-vaccine-dead-obituary-1206303/|url-status=live|access-date=August 31, 2021| magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC|language=en-US| archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829061630/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/phil-valentine-radio-covid-vaccine-dead-obituary-1206303/}}</ref>
== Other media ==
Valentine authored three
On January 26, 2012, Valentine wrote, produced and starred in the documentary ''[[An Inconsistent Truth]]'' as a response to the [[Al Gore]] movie ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.<ref name="NashPost" /><ref name = "nyt-jimenez">{{Cite news|last=Jiménez|first=Jesus|date=2021-07-24|title=Hospitalized with Covid, a conservative Tennessee radio host shifts his message to urge vaccinations.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/phil-valentine-hospitalized-coronavirus.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903080851/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/phil-valentine-hospitalized-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ridley|first=Jim|title=Phil Valentine's An Inconsistent Truth No. 1 Movie in America by Per-Screen Average|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/phil-valentines-i-an-inconsistent-truth-i-no-1-movie-in-america-by-per-screen/article_2a7acb1b-f50a-5acf-bc74-108ffabc9bf5.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Nashville Scene|date=January 31, 2012 |language=en|archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903053835/https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/phil-valentines-i-an-inconsistent-truth-i-no-1-movie-in-america-by-per-screen/article_2a7acb1b-f50a-5acf-bc74-108ffabc9bf5.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NashPost">{{cite web|date=February 8, 2012|title='An Inconsistent Truth' stays No. 1|url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/an-inconsistent-truth-stays-no-1/article_589595ab-70be-5656-a08a-f1d928a701a7.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2021|website=Nashville Post|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829010351/https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/an-inconsistent-truth-stays-no-1/article_589595ab-70be-5656-a08a-f1d928a701a7.html}}</ref> In 2012, Valentine won the Excellence in Filmmaking award at the libertarian Anthem Film Festival and Best Documentary at the [[Nevada Film Festival]] in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2021 |title=About Anthem |url=https://anthemfilmfestival.com/the-greatest-easter-movie-ever-made-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701044802/https://anthemfilmfestival.com/the-greatest-easter-movie-ever-made-2/ |archive-date=July 1, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=Anthem, The Libertarian Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012|title=2012 Awards Winners|url=https://anthemfilmfestival.com/awards/2012-awards-winners/|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=Anthem Film Festival|language=en-US|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831011316/https://anthemfilmfestival.com/awards/2012-awards-winners/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nevada Film Festival|url=http://www.nevadafilmfestival.com/Festival/winners.aspx|access-date=June 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130041310/http://www.nevadafilmfestival.com/Festival/winners.aspx|archive-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>
Valentine appeared in the 2014 movie ''[[Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?]]''. He performed in an episode of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Threat Matrix]]'' television drama and the 2015 movie ''[[The Secret Handshake (film)|The Secret Handshake]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bond |first1=Paul |title=Ron Paul to Make Acting Debut |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ron-paul-make-acting-debut-712922/ |access-date=August 22, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 19, 2014 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821231721/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ron-paul-make-acting-debut-712922/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=August 22, 2021|title=Phil Valentine Dies Of Covid-19: Conservative Radio Host & Vaccine Skeptic Was 61|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/phil-valentine-dies-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-was-61-1234819474/|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831011315/https://deadline.com/2021/08/phil-valentine-dies-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-was-61-1234819474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Folds|first=Angela|date=May 2, 2015|title=Movie shot in Nashville area set for May premiere|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/columnist/2015/05/03/movie-shot-nashville-area-set-may-premiere/26639075/|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2021|website=The Tennessean|publisher=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=September 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053421/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/columnist/2015/05/03/movie-shot-nashville-area-set-may-premiere/26639075/}}</ref> 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]] and [[Atlanta Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Colorado Film Festival|url=http://coloradofilmfestival.com/past-winners|website=Colorado Film Festival|access-date=August 22, 2015|archive-date=August 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815043526/http://coloradofilmfestival.com/past-winners|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Beverly Hills Film Festival|url=http://www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/gallery_2015_screen.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602030840/http://www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/gallery_2015_screen.php|archive-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 20, 2015|title=2015 Screenplay Competition Finalists Announced!|url=https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/atlff-news/2015/2/9/2015-screenplay-competition-finalists-announced|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=Atlanta Film Festival|language=en-US|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831015602/https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/atlff-news/2015/2/9/2015-screenplay-competition-finalists-announced}}</ref>
== Activism ==
=== State income tax ===
In 2001, Tennessee Governor [[Don Sundquist]] proposed a state income tax to overcome a budget shortfall. Tennessee lawmakers were at an impasse when Republican state senator [[Marsha Blackburn]] tipped off Valentine that a vote on the measure was imminent. Valentine
=== COVID-19 ===
Valentine,
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.<ref name=":8">{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Andy|date=August 22, 2021|title=Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/us/conservative-talk-show-host-phil-valentine-dies-covid-19/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822023835/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/us/conservative-talk-show-host-phil-valentine-dies-covid-19/index.html|archive-date=August 22, 2021|access-date=August 22, 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
== Personal life, illness and death ==
Valentine had three sons with his wife, Susan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Danielle|date=August 23, 2021|title="Phil got it wrong"; Family encourages vaccination after Phil Valentine's COVID-19 death|url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/phil-got-it-wrong-family-encourages-vaccination-after-phil-valentines-covid-19-death/article_ba440c6c-0478-11ec-b6c8-7f914eb4c829.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 30, 2021|website=News4 Nashville|publisher=The Meredith Corporation|language=en|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830200903/https://www.wsmv.com/news/phil-got-it-wrong-family-encourages-vaccination-after-phil-valentines-covid-19-death/article_ba440c6c-0478-11ec-b6c8-7f914eb4c829.html}}</ref> He co-hosted ''PodGOATs'', a nonpolitical podcast, with his son, Campbell.<ref name="tenn_Phil">{{cite web|author=Brad Schmitt|date=June 20, 2019|title=Phil Valentine shows softer, gentler side in his new father-son podcast|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2019/06/20/phil-valentine-son-launches-podgoats-podcast/2982444002/|access-date=July 29, 2021|work=The Tennessean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schmitt|first=Brad|date=August 22, 2021|title=Phil Valentine, Tennessee radio host who was a vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID at 61|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/22/phil-valentine-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-dies-covid/8234158002/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-03|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831152841/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/22/phil-valentine-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-dies-covid/8234158002/}}</ref>
On July 11, 2021, Valentine announced he had COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 30, 2021|title=Conservative talk radio host Phil Valentine still hospitalized amid COVID battle|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/conservative-talk-radio-host-phil-valentine-still-hospitalized-amid-covid-battle
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web | url=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 | title=Phil Valentine Finds the Philadelphians Unexpectedly Delightful | website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date=October 4, 1996 | access-date=May 23, 2012 |url-access=subscription}}
* {{cite web |url=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 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Talk radio's Valentine offers 'rehab' for liberals |work=[[The Tennessean]] |location=Nashville, Tennessee |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=May 23, 2012 |url-access=subscription
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