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.
Wednesday, July 17, 201907/17/2019
All of Chester Is A Stage. And You Are The Star of The Show
In Podcasts
Theater genius, John Bechtold, puts you in the center of a moveable, theatrical, auditory, immersive experience like no other in…
Tuesday, July 16, 201907/16/2019
E.T. + Kevin Bacon + Space+Drive-In=Love for your library
In Podcasts
Space movies at a drive-in with librarians? Yes please. Learn from the Cushman Library director, Karen Stinchfield about this special…
Tuesday, July 16, 201907/16/2019
Could This Incredible and Disgusting Sea Monster Help Your Brain?
In Podcasts
Monte does some particularly heavy petting in discussing this amazingly horrifying creature-the sea lamprey. Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital…
Monday, July 15, 201907/15/2019
“I Just Pooped My Spacesuit”: The Scatalogical History of The Moon Landing
In Podcasts
Mr. Universe, Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed, on why all the poop astronauts left on the moon 50 years…
Friday, July 12, 201907/12/2019
Weird White Wines
In Podcasts
The Wine Snobs talk Stranger Things, Buckaroo Banzai and also wine. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/weird-white-wines
Friday, July 12, 201907/12/2019
Every heard of The Massacre at Black Wall Street?
In Podcasts
Katie Pearl investigates her own upbringing in Tulsa and why this important piece of history was white-washed out of their…
Thursday, July 11, 201907/11/2019
McGovern Heads To The Border: McGoverning with McGovern
In Podcasts
After recovering from Monte’s bounce house interview, Congressman McGovern is heading to the border. Hear his thoughts before he leaves.…
Wednesday, July 10, 201907/10/2019
A & E-Not Just a Network but a hard to pronounce vowel combo
In Podcasts
Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on how to pronounce that tricky ae vowel combination. Alumnae? Algae? Reggae?…
Wednesday, July 10, 201907/10/2019
Angelique Kidjo: Monte revisits his conversation with the Green River Festival headliner
In Podcasts
What does this international superstar and immigrant to this country think of Trump’s America? And how many languages does she…
Tuesday, July 9, 201907/09/2019
Bounce House Conversation with Rep. Jim McGovern and Project Bread
In Podcasts
Project Bread teams with the Feds and the Commonwealth to get free summer meals to kids in need. And their…