Biography

Valerie Smaldone is an American radio host, voice artist, actress, director, producer, and media personality. A five-time Billboard Magazine Award- winner, she is known for hosting the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market as the midday host of WLTW. Smaldone has been a PBS host and interviewer for WNET, WLIW, NJTV, and other public television stations, and a featured reporter on ABC for the Columbus Day Parade. She was the host, producer and founder of the Broadway and food-themed talk radio program and podcast “Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone.”

Currently, she is an executive producer on Divine Renovation, a home improvement reality series with a spiritual twist, hosted by television icon Erik Estrada. Her partners in this venture are Monty Hobbs and Matthieu Chazareix.

In 2022, she directed and was executive producer of the faith-based film The Thursday Night Club adapted from the novella and audio drama podcast written by Steven Manchester.

An accomplished voice-over artist, Valerie was the narrator on the episodic program “Fatal Encounters” on Investigation Discovery Channel. She has recorded commercials for clients like Verizon, Victoria's Secret and Vanguard as well as television promos for The CBS Morning Show, Dateline on NBC, The NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Lifetime, Cinemax and many others. Valerie was the announcer for The Boomer Esiason Show on MSG for 4 seasons. A career spanning over four decades, Smaldone has a successful career in radio, television, theatre, and film.