Monte Belmonte
Monte Belmonte 6am - 10am
Having grown up in the suburbs of Boston, I always thought Western Mass was a desolate wasteland. Now I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Well, I guess I can imagine it but I don’t WANT to live anywhere else. On this page you’ll find conversations with some of the people I find most interesting in our Valley. Authors, astronomers, astronauts and other people that start with letters other than “a.”
I got my start in radio impersonating Al Gore while off the air on Election Day 2000, and since that election dragged on and on, so has my radio career. I love bringing music and my “low minded humor for high minded people” (Wine Squirrel copyright 2017) to people of the Valley every weekday morning.
Friday, August 19, 202208/19/2022
We maul! For The Right to Choose
Channel your righteous indignation about the overturning of Roe V Wade into something positive. Arm wrestling! Monte talks with Rose…
Friday, August 19, 202208/19/2022
Esoteric Reds, Call Park 11: WINE SNOBS
In Podcasts
As we prepare for the beginning of the end of the Coppers era at Cooper’s Corner and State Street Fruit…
Thursday, August 18, 202208/18/2022
Thirteen Farms, Biden’s Big Bill and Liz’s Loss
In Podcasts
Monte talks with the Congressman about his recent farm tour of the Valley and more.
Wednesday, August 17, 202208/17/2022
A Marshmallow Word: WORD NERD
In Podcasts
Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster with one last summer word for the summer of 2022-marshmallow. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/a-marshmallow-word-word-nerd?si=ea9011cea5af47e8854f5f4af7c3c28f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Wednesday, August 17, 202208/17/2022
The history of The Charlemont Reggae Festival
In Podcasts
Monte talks with Abdul Baki on how reggae music became country music for the country folks of Charlemont and on…
Tuesday, August 16, 202208/16/2022
Hot & Unbothered
In Podcasts
It’s Turners Falls author Yana Tallon-Hicks, who you may know from The Valley Advocate’s, debut book. And it might be…
Monday, August 15, 202208/15/2022
Where does space dust come from?
In Podcasts
And since space is a vacuum, should we be cleaning it up? Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed (Mr. Universe!)…
Monday, August 15, 202208/15/2022
Bonnie Prince Billy on Baby Jessica, Johnny Cash & Shape-note Singing
In Podcasts
Monte talks with Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy about many of his fascinating musical and non-musical adventures. Bonnie Prince…
Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022
The Last Unicorn Wine
In Podcasts
Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street taste some really esoteric and rare (yet affordable!) white wines. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/unicorn-wine-wine-snobs?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thursday, August 4, 202208/04/2022
Pelosi in Taiwan and Coffee in Gill
In Podcasts
Congressman McGovern on the Speaker’s trip to Taiwan and its global implications. And what did the Congressman hear from his…
