Early Life
Hill grew up in northeast Tennessee. He graduated from Tri-Cities Christian High School and earned an associate's degree from Northeast State Technical Community College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from East Tennessee State University.
At the time of his first campaign for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2004, he worked concurrently as operations manager of the Appalachian Radio Group and host of "Good Morning Tri-Cities" on the WHCB 91.5 FM "sister station" WPWT "PowerTalk" 870 AM for seven years. Hill is a children's radio minister hosting the weekend broadcast Bible Buddies WHCB Kid’s Show with Mr. Matthew and also hosts the The Matthew Hill Show broadcast radio program that is also accessible online as a free podcast.
Hill is a director and co-owner of the Blountville, Tennessee based Right Way Marketing, LLC political telemarketing firm (along with his brother, Timothy A. Hill, and his mother, Janet Hill) and the Any Lab Test Now Johnson City medical lab testing franchise (Healthy Living LLC) with his father, Kenneth C. Hill.
Hill is also employed by his father, Rev. Dr. Kenneth "Ken" C. Hill, as Information Communications Corporation, Inc. Vice President and Independent Methodist broadcaster with WHCB 91.5 FM. Dr. Kenneth Hill is a former Sullivan County State Executive Committee Member to the Tennessee Republican Party (2005–2008), a current Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, and is also a president of the now defunct State of Franklin political action committee. Dr. Kenneth Hill was in late 2005 nominated by then U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in 2005 for appointment as commissioner with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Rep. Hill's younger brother, Timothy Aaron Hill, was formerly employed as a press secretary by U.S. Representative David Davis and is also himself a former WPWT 870AM Good Morning Tri-Cities conservative talk radio show host. Timothy Hill lost his 2010 election bid as the Republican primary candidate for the Tennessee General Assembly 3rd House District seat.
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