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, February 26, 201502/26/2015

The Carle In Good Company

In Podcasts

Alix Kennedy, Ex. Dir of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, tells Monte about the ‘Oscar-For-Museums’ award that…

Wednesday, February 25, 201502/25/2015

Word Nerd: Unboiled Just Desserts

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster continuing her quest to persue the words we’ll all be using in a few years, like rudenfreude &…

Tuesday, February 24, 201502/24/2015

How The Boston Massacre Is Like The Star Wars Cantina

In Podcasts

The North End or Mos Eisley? Greenfield author Allen Woods has a new book, The Sword & The Scabbard fictionalizing how…

Friday, February 20, 201502/20/2015

Wine Snob: Winter Wines For These Dark Times

In Podcasts

You’ve almost made it out of winter.  Cabernet could help you go the distance.

Friday, February 20, 201502/20/2015

Ticket To Ride (In Advance, Please)

In Podcasts

Linda McInerney, Lori Holmes Clark and Janet Ryan are taking over the John Oliver… sorry OLVER Transportation Center with music…

Thursday, February 19, 201502/19/2015

Lovejoy’s New War

In Podcasts

The movie Sam Lovejoy’s Nuclear War chronicles how Sam knocked down a tower that led to the undoing of a…

Thursday, February 19, 201502/19/2015

Pussy Riot ‘I Can’t Breathe’

Monte played this song on the air this morning.  He listened to it twice before he aired it and fought…

Tuesday, February 17, 201502/17/2015

Duex Neville Brothers for Mardi Gras

In Podcasts

Monte revisits some of his conversations with some of the members of New Orleans’ First Family of Funk.

Sunday, February 15, 201502/15/2015

The Belmontes Sing The Presidents Of The United States

In Podcasts

Bibbi-Bobbidi-Van Buren

Friday, February 13, 201502/13/2015

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut on The VD Storm

In Podcasts

That’s Valentine’s Day.

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