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| Born | August 20, 1935 |
| Died | 2016 (aged 80–81) |
| Residence | Temecula, CA, United States |
| Nationality | USA |
| Known for | Magnetism, New Energy |
Tom Valentine (born August 20, 1935; died 2016) was an American investigative journalist, author, and radio broadcaster who wrote widely on alternative health, suppressed science, and fringe or unconventional topics. He is best known as the longtime host of the shortwave talk program Radio Free America and as the author of a series of books on subjects ranging from alternative medicine to unexplained phenomena.
Biography
Valentine began his career in mainstream journalism, including a brief period working for an arm of the Chicago Tribune. He later became a self-described "hands-on" investigative reporter and a syndicated health and nutrition columnist, publishing his own newspapers and magazines. During the 1990s he produced Search for Health, a magazine devoted to alternative health topics.
Valentine founded Carotec, a mail-order company based in Naples, Florida, that sold vitamins and alternative-health products. He also promoted research into magnetic phenomena and unconventional or New Energy concepts, aligning himself with anti-establishment and populist viewpoints.
Work
From July 17, 1988 through August 22, 2004, Valentine hosted Radio Free America, a talk-radio program broadcast originally on the Sun Radio Network and later on the shortwave stations WWCR and WHRI, along with selected AM outlets. The program, sponsored primarily by the newspaper The Spotlight, featured discussion of political, historical, and health-related subjects and gave a platform to a range of guests. His broadcasting and writing frequently addressed claims of suppressed inventions, alternative medicine, and other topics outside the scientific mainstream, and are presented here as his own views.
Valentine was the author of numerous books, including Psychic Surgery (1973), The Great Pyramid: Man's Monument to Man (1978), Applied Kinesiology (with Carole Valentine and Douglas P. Hetrick, 1985), Medicine's Missing Link (1987), and Search for Health: A Classic Anthology (1995).
Articles:
- "Suppressed Inventions," Newsreal Magazine, N2 (1977) National Exchange, PO Box 147, Morton Grove, IL 60053.