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 radio network.

[10] He attended East Carolina University to study business, then transferred to the Connecticut School of Broadcasting after a friend encouraged Valentine go into radio because of his deep voice.

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.

47 on the 2021 Heavy Hundred, a list of the top 100 radio talk-show hosts as determined by Talkers, a talk-media trade magazine.

[12][16] 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.

Tennessee lawmakers were at an impasse when Republican state senator Marsha Blackburn tipped off Valentine that a vote on the measure was imminent.

[2][33] Valentine said Sundquist committed political adultery after promising in his 1994 gubernatorial campaign to veto any state income tax.

[13] Valentine, who blamed Chinese Communism for its failure to contain the pandemic was a skeptic of wearing masks to prevent COVID-19 and suggested that only those with underlying health conditions should be vaccinated against the illness.

[44][45] As Valentine's health deteriorated, he regretted his public activism against vaccination and was placed on mechanical ventilation on July 28, 2021.