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 19, 201604/19/2016

Heavy Petting: Is Your Pet Ready for the NY Primary?

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve from the Sunderland Animal Hospital has just the thing to help your pet Bark The Vote! Get your…

Tuesday, April 19, 201604/19/2016

Everyone Loves A Parade. Not Everyone is Born To Run,

In Podcasts

Kelsey Cadran is running the running at the Franklin County Parade this weekend. Sign up to run and it benefits…

Monday, April 18, 201604/18/2016

Mr. Universe: UMass Discovers The Brightest Thing In The Universe

In Podcasts

Mr Universe brings in special guests, UMass Senior Kevin Harrington and Professor Min Yun. It just so happens that the…

Monday, April 18, 201604/18/2016

Wine Snob: Que Syrah, Syrah?

In Podcasts

It’s a wine quiz. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-wine-quiz-que-syrah-syrah

Thursday, April 14, 201604/14/2016

Cupping: The Road to Coffee Snobbery?

In Podcasts

Ken Majka and Patrick McCaughey from Share Coffee in Hadley lead Monte down the next road, COFFEE snobbery (as if Monte…

Thursday, April 14, 201604/14/2016

Word Nerd: Nouns That Act Like Adjectives

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster on why the word “apartment” in “apartment building” is a tricky word to put…

Wednesday, April 13, 201604/13/2016

Where Statistics & Big Data & Your Brain Meet

In Podcasts

Robert Kass is the go to expert on these 3 seemingly disparate sciences. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/statistics-and-neurology-with-dr-robert-kass

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

Mr. Universe: Super Earth!

In Podcasts

Yeah, well what’s so ‘super’ about it? I like our regular earth. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-super-earth

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

Belmonte Family Hamiltoncation

In Podcasts

So we weren’t so brave to try and enter the lottery to see the Broadway show in New York (yet),…

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

Heavy Petting: Doggy Belly Camera

In Podcasts

Have them swallow a camera and see what happens in your dog’s gut! https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-gastro-camera

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