Steve Gill

Steve Gill (born November 15, 1956) is an American conservative talk radio host based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is currently serving as a political commentator on Nashville television station News 2 WKRN, and his radio show, The Steve Gill Show, is broadcast from his flagship station 1510 am WLAC to stations across the state of Tennessee and on approximately 40 stations around the country via syndication through Radio America.

Gill attended the University of Tennessee, where he received an undergraduate degree in history and a law degree. He played varsity basketball while in college and was a member of the 1977 Tennessee team that won the Southeastern Conference championship. As a student, he was also president of the student body, president of Omicron Delta Kappa, and student member of the university board of trustees. Gill was an adjunct faculty member at Belmont University from 1991 to 2004, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in international business, business law, and negotiations. Gill lives in Brentwood, Tennessee and has two sons, Patrick and Ryan.

In 1992 Gill was appointed to a White House Fellowship by President George Bush. During his fellowship year he served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the U.S. Trade Representative in the Executive Office of the President under both the Bush and Clinton Administrations.

In 1994 and 1996 Gill was the Republican nominee against longtime Sixth District U.S. Representative Bart Gordon, barely losing in 1994 and again in 1996, being outspent each election by over $1 million. One of the statements used against him during the campaigns was in response to a push to increase the minimum wage. Video was shown in which he noted the logistical and economic problems with a national minimum wage setting payments in both New York City and rural Tennessee, "Five dollars an hour goes a lot farther down here."

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