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.

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

Glen Kotche & Darin Gray: Breakfast With Wilco 2015

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Glen about the most iconic drum riff in the last 2 decades and with Darin about who…

Monday, June 29, 201506/29/2015

Mr. Universe: Is This Asteroid The Death Star?

In Podcasts

No. It’s Vesta. But it’s pretty big.  And if it were hurdling our way it WOULD be the Death Star.…

Thursday, June 25, 201506/25/2015

Wine Snob: Vinho Verde

In Podcasts

It’s cheap. It’s a little bubbly. And it’s perfect for summertime.

Thursday, June 25, 201506/25/2015

Word Nerd: Spocking Fives

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some trendy internety words that may or may not ever make the dictionary…

Wednesday, June 24, 201506/24/2015

Peter Mulvey & Co want South Carolina To ‘Take Down Your Flag’

In Podcasts

It started in the basement of The Calvin Theater in Northampton and has grown into a musical movement with contributions…

Tuesday, June 23, 201506/23/2015

Heavy Petting: Cat Urine Sampling

In Podcasts

How does Dr. Steve get a urine sample from a cat?

Tuesday, June 23, 201506/23/2015

Why Is Dave Hayes The Weather Nut Singing For More Clouds?

In Podcasts

And how severe does Dave Hayes think today’s ‘severe weather’ will get? And who wants to go see Colorway on Thursday?

Monday, June 22, 201506/22/2015

Mr. Universe: The Prohibition of Pluto

In Podcasts

NASA’s New Horizons is off to Pluto and will make it’s closest approach in the next few weeks.  Will we…

Friday, June 12, 201506/12/2015

Will DPU Listen to Y-O-U when it comes to The Pipeline?

In Podcasts

Deerfield fruit farmer and eco-terrorist (at least according to Berkshire Gas Co.) Ben Clark on the jam packed June 11th…

Friday, June 12, 201506/12/2015

Wine Snob: This Wine Isn’t Over The Hill & Neither is The Wine Son’s Wife

In Podcasts

1968. The Beatles were still a band.  Monte and the Wine Snobs taste this really old wine.  How is it?

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