The Donelson Files - Oct. 16, 2025

The Donelson Files - Oct. 16, 2025

Host, Tom Donelson, and his guest, Steve Gill, discuss the future of the MAGA movement, Trump’s leadership style, and important foreign policy successes.

Steve Gill received a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Law from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and then went on to obtain a J.D. from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1982.

In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed Gill to a White House Fellowship, and he acted as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the U.S. Trade Representative in the Executive Office of the President. Gill’s fellowship role went on for the Bush and Clinton administrations.

Gill ran against Rep. Bart Gordon as the Republican nominee for one of Tennessee’s U.S. House of Representatives seats in 1994 and 1996. He started work as a radio talk host for Gaylord Entertainment’s WWTN in 2000. He moved to WLAC Nashville in June 2006 and started Gill Media, Inc. that same year, hosting the Steve Gill Show beginning in 2008. He worked at WLAC until February 2013, when he joined M924, LLC, a business consulting firm, as Vice President, and he continues to work at both M924, LLC and Gill Media, Inc.

Gill’s influence has been consistently recognized, as he was listed as part of Business Tennessee Magazine’s “100 Most Powerful People in Tennessee” as well as Talker Magazine’s “100 Most Important Talk Radio Hosts in America,” and was recognized twice as a “Hero of the Taxpayers” by Americans for Tax Reform. He has also received several Achievement in Radio (AIR) awards.

In addition to being an attorney and acting as CEO of Gill Media, Inc., Gill is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and an analyst for WKRN News 2 (ABC).