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, July 9, 201507/09/2015

Crossing The Blvd: Ko Fest

In Podcasts

After her hit performances at Ko last summer with YO MISS!, Judith Sloan continues to look at immigration and racism through…

Wednesday, July 8, 201507/08/2015

Word Nerd: WTF? This is NSFW

In Podcasts

Alright, it is SFW. But WTF does NSFW mean and why is it now in the dictionary?

Wednesday, July 8, 201507/08/2015

Not By The Hair of My Chinny-Chin-Chin

In Podcasts

Paintbox Theater brings The Three Little Pigs to the Senior Center in Northampton.

Tuesday, July 7, 201507/07/2015

Hip-Hop High School

In Podcasts

Alright, he technically teaches in Amherst Regional Middle School (but it ruined the alliteration). But Michael Lawrence-Riddle is bringing hip-hop to…

Monday, July 6, 201507/06/2015

Mr. Universe: What Are Those Weird Space Lights?

In Podcasts

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, on what those mysterious lights might be on the dwarf planet, Ceres.

Thursday, July 2, 201507/02/2015

Born (Again) on The 4th of July: Becoming An American

In Podcasts

How hard is it to become a US Citizen? This kinda hard: Who was the President during WWI? Han Feng…

Wednesday, July 1, 201507/01/2015

Word Nerd: Will They Ever Print The Dictionary Again?

In Podcasts

And what do they call it when there’s a picture with one thing in focus and everything else is fuzzy?…

Tuesday, June 30, 201506/30/2015

Should We Really Be Celebrating Equal Marriage?

In Podcasts

Professor Erin Buzuvis is the Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Studies at Western New England University School of Law.…

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

Tweedy: Breakfast With Wilco 2015

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Jeff & Spencer Tweedy about everything from cranky Northampton hippies, to boycotting Indiana to ritual circumcision.

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

John Stirratt & Pat Sansone: Breakfast With Wilco 2015

In Podcasts

Monte talks with John and Pat about Kermit the Frog, beautiful melodies, and why on earth they draw the short…

Recent Headlines

2 days ago in Entertainment, Music

Bruce Springsteen performs at New York Public Library gala

Bruce Springsteen was among six honorees Monday night at the New York Public Library's annual "Library Lions" gala, which pays tribute to "outstanding achievements" in arts, culture, letters and scholarship.

2 days ago in National, Trending

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

2 days ago in National, Trending

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the government to keep the nation's largest food aid program running.

2 days ago in Entertainment, Music

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as "Suspicious Minds" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" and was a featured singer with the Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s, has died at 78.

3 days ago in Sports, Trending

After the $500 million Dodgers’ title repeat, what’s next for MLB?

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers' thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA's status as the sport's best team and drew more attention to baseball's payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.