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.

Thursday, September 3, 201509/03/2015

Required Rock Reading List: The Works of Ellen Willis

In Podcasts

An early rock writer finally getting her due? Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the…

Thursday, September 3, 201509/03/2015

Required Rock Reading List: Greil Marcus ‘Mystery Train’

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve Waksman, Smith College’s Dr. of Rock, on one of the first and most important rock history books of…

Friday, August 28, 201508/28/2015

Wine Snob: Yo ho ho & a bottle of rum

In Podcasts

Goslings and Kirk & Sweeney and Dark & Stormy and black mojitos!

Thursday, August 27, 201508/27/2015

Transperformance 2015: A Look At The Movies

In Podcasts

The Northampton Arts Council’s annual event was (in movie reviewing terminology) a ‘Tour de Force’. And somehow, the Gazette skipped…

Wednesday, August 26, 201508/26/2015

Stop Looking at This On Your Phone (If You’re Driving)!

In Podcasts

Amanda Drane from The Valley Advocate on the staggering statistics on texting related traffic deaths.

Wednesday, August 26, 201508/26/2015

Word Nerd: And Her Prodigy Progeny

In Podcasts

Young Theo, Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster’s offspring, comes up with his own words. Will they get in the dictionary?

Tuesday, August 25, 201508/25/2015

Oud Morning, East Jerusalem!

In Podcasts

Communications director for Connecticut’s Secretary of State, radio producer, and Valley resident, Av Harris, took his daughters to a restaurant in…

Tuesday, August 25, 201508/25/2015

Heavy Petting: RIP Uggie

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve, from the Sunderland Animal Hospital, says farewell to the famous doggie actor from The Artist.

Monday, August 24, 201508/24/2015

Mr. Universe: Stunning Pictures From Saturn

In Podcasts

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hammeed, on what NASA has been looking it at the same time we’ve all been…

Monday, August 24, 201508/24/2015

Western Mass Weed

In Podcasts

It’s just a couple of weeks away and the people behind the medical marijuana facility, New England Treatment Access, are…

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