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, October 9, 201510/09/2015
Don’t Steal These Apples!
In Podcasts
Good Ben Clark from Clarkdale Fruit Farm busting ladies in Mercedes who really like his apples. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/dont-steal-these-apples
Thursday, October 8, 201510/08/2015
Into The Woods
In Podcasts
Ja’Duke’s production of the beautifully verbose Sondheim classic. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/into-the-woods-jaduke
Thursday, October 8, 201510/08/2015
Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dance Project
In Podcasts
They’ll hold you closer at Arts Night Out. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/tiny-dance-project-arts-night-out
Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015
Indiana Jones starring you, and you, and you…at Northampton Film Festival this weekend
In Podcasts
A crowd-sourced Raiders Of The Lost Ark and a whole lot more at the Northampton Film Festival. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/northampton-film-festival
Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015
Word Nerd: Young Women Are Driving Language Forward
In Podcasts
Regardless of what you think about what and how they are saying things, young women rule the roost in the…
Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015
A Media Three-Way!
In Podcasts
The River, The Advocate & Valley Free Radio!? Josh Braska on the cover of the Advocate in regards to the…
Tuesday, October 6, 201510/06/2015
Davy Jones & The Extinctions!
In Podcasts
Alright it’s PROFESSOR David Jones from Amherst College on The First Great Extinction and the current extinction we’re going through…
Tuesday, October 6, 201510/06/2015
Heavy Petting: Rats! They Sniffed Us Out!
In Podcasts
Tobacco sniffing rats? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/heavy-petting-tobacco-sniffing-rats
Monday, October 5, 201510/05/2015
Mr. Universe: Science & Islam
In Podcasts
Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed is not just an astronomer. He’s been researching what since means in Muslim societies. And you…
Friday, October 2, 201510/02/2015
Wine Snob: Oktoberfest (not wine)
In Podcasts
The Wine Snobs from State Street head up Route 9 to Cooper’s Corner to learn about Oktoberfest. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/wine-snob-octoberfest-not-wine