Valerie Smaldone, a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner, is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market. She has hosted, produced and created several nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with top recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey, among others. Having interviewed hundreds of celebrities, performers and entrepreneurs, she is an accomplished interviewer who is always interested in procuring each individual’s unique story. Currently, you can hear Valerie on her theatre and food focused radio show, “Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone,” an entertaining and informative talk show featuring conversations with Broadway stars and creative teams, as well as chefs and entrepreneurs in the food and theatre space, Saturday from 9-10 AM on AM970, online, on Alexa and podcast.