Valerie Smaldone
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Valerie Smaldone, a 5 time Billboard Magazine Award winner[citation needed], is perhaps best known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 position in the New York radio market as the midday host of New York’s 106.7 FM[citation needed]. She ended her on air run with the station at the end of 2007. In addition, she was the co-creator, writer, producer and host of “Spotlight On,” a nationally syndicated program that featured in-depth interviews with top recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sting and Celine Dion, to name a few.
Presently, Valerie can be heard on NBC Network News promos and specialty shows and as the announcer for The Boomer Esiason Show on MSG. Valerie has been the “Voice of God” and on stage emcee for Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, Broadway Under the Stars, and Broadway Meets Country.
An avid spokesperson for women’s health and personal responsibility she is a sought after public speaker and host for corporate and charitable events.[citation needed]
Valerie has won numerous awards during her two decades on the air including the Golden Apple Award for Broadcast Excellence presented by the American Women in Radio and Television (2006)[citation needed] and Radio & Records’ Adult Contemporary Personality of the Year (2001 – 2006)[citation needed]. In 2005, the Italian Welfare League named her “Woman of the Year,” and in 2006, she was honored as the Grand Marshal of the Bronx Columbus Day Parade. In 2007, she received an award from the World Foundation for Medical Studies in Female Health along with Jenny Craig. She also rang the opening bell at the NYSE to highlight awareness about ovarian cancer.
Valerie was tapped by the New York Emmy Awards Committee to be the first ever onstage announcer for the 2007 New York Emmy Gala Awards[citation needed], and was an on stage presenter at the 2007 Gracie Awards[citation needed]. Spring of 2007, Valerie performed in the acclaimed Off-Broadway play, “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell.”[citation needed]
A successful voice-over artist with more than 1,000 commercials, television news promos and movie trailers to her credit, Valerie has also been a spokesperson for many charitable causes including the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF), The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance and the MS Society. And as an event host and emcee, she has participated in the GLAAD Media Awards, The Trevor Project and Cable Positive.
As co-founder of Two Sides of A Coin, an entertainment production company dedicated to supporting projects by women, Valerie has produced dozens of live shows including: Cyndi Lauper’s Broadway Welcome Party; An Intimate Evening with Phoebe Snow; and “Spit It Out!,” a play she co-wrote and starred in, which was accepted into the Sixth Annual Midtown International Theater Festival in 2005. She is currently developing several projects for advanced media, is preparing her play for a new production, and writing a book.
