Valentine is the son of former six-term Democratic United States. Representative Tim Valentine of North Carolina, but is nonetheless a self-described conservative. His mother is the late Betsy Valentine who was killed in an auto accident one month shy of Valentine"s 22nd birthday. He grew up in Nashville, North Carolina and graduated from Northern Nash High School.
He broadcasts daily on flagship station WWTN, a Cumulus Media station, from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Central Time and is syndicated through Westwood One on over 110 radio stations. He is probably best known in Tennessee for leading protests against a state income tax
After attending East Carolina University, he decided on a career in radio.
ECU did not offer a broadcast major so Valentine left the university and enrolled in Carolina School of Broadcasting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 2015, Valentine won first place in the Colorado Film Festival and was named finalist in 10 other film festivals including The Beverly Hills Film Festival, The American Movie Awards, and The Atlanta Film Festival for his screenplay "Derek Dickens & The Dream." Valentine has received numerous Associated Independent Recording Awards (Achievement in Radio) in Philadelphia and Nashville and the Gold World Medal for Best Talk Show Host from the New York Festivals International Radio Awards. Valentine is consistently listed in the Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred" as one of the 100 most influential talk show hosts in America and is listed by Talkers as one of the 100 most influential talk show hosts of all time. Foreign 2015, he is ranked #32 on the Heavy Hundred list.
