 Today, Phillips' show is available in more than 60-million homes nationwide via RFD-TV and Phillips' Texas broadcast network.As an extension of his many years in broadcast journalism, Phillips has authored several books — mostly on Texas travel and cuisine, and serves periodically as a host at Escondida, the Texas Country Reporter Hacienda and Spa, in Central Texas' Hill Country region.He has been a professor of communications at Amberton University for more than 25 years.