Monte Belmonte

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.

Tuesday, April 26, 201604/26/2016

Heavy Petting: Pet Accents?

In Podcasts

Does my cat have a Boston accent? Researchers are trying to learn if that might be true. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-pet-accents

Tuesday, April 26, 201604/26/2016

Williston Northampton Gets A Glimpse of What It’s Like “In The Heights”

In Podcasts

How do a bunch of kids from a very privileged school handle a musical about being poor and Latino in…

Friday, April 22, 201604/22/2016

The Passing of Prince: A More Personal Look

In Podcasts

Molly from Longmeadow, our news director Denise Vozella’s neighbor, worked with Prince in the 80’s. His passing is hard enough…

Friday, April 22, 201604/22/2016

Wine Snob Detour: Strange Brews

In Podcasts

Beer Mike comes to the Wine Bunker to wow me with weird beer. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-strange-brews

Thursday, April 21, 201604/21/2016

Death of A Pipeline: Calls From The Riverlution

In Podcasts

Listen to Monte’s conversations with activists, legislators and listeners about how Margaret Mead’s quote has proven itself true again. “Never…

Thursday, April 21, 201604/21/2016

Death of A Pipeline: Good Ben Clark, FORMER Pipeline Correspondent

In Podcasts

Listen to Monte’s conversations with activists, legislators and listeners about how Margaret Mead’s quote has proven itself true again. “Never…

Thursday, April 21, 201604/21/2016

Death of A Pipeline: Senate President Stan Rosenberg

In Podcasts

  Listen to Monte’s conversations with activists, legislators and listeners about how Margaret Mead’s quote has proven itself true again.…

Thursday, April 21, 201604/21/2016

Death of A Pipeline: U. S. Rep Jim McGovern

In Podcasts

Listen to Monte’s conversations with activists, legislators and listeners about how Margaret Mead’s quote has proven itself true again. “Never…

Wednesday, April 20, 201604/20/2016

Catherine Newman Finds Happiness In The Chaos of Child Rearing

In Podcasts

Amherst author, Catherine Newman, reminds us that the chaos of parenting is filled with funny (and feces) and Monte is haunted by the…

Wednesday, April 20, 201604/20/2016

Word Nerd: The Not-Fancy Way To Say Askance

In Podcasts

“Side-eye”. It sounds like a new word. But is it? Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster, on the dictionary’s investigation…

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