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.

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

Word Nerd: Halloween Words

In Podcasts

From My Cold Dead Hand

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

The Brattleboro Retreat is LGBTerrific

In Podcasts

The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus For The Retreat

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

Monte’s March V: Andrew Morehouse

In Podcasts

Is The Hunger Issue Getting Worse in Western MA?

Monday, October 27, 201410/27/2014

Annie Keithline Will Lead You To The Ghosts

In Podcasts

Northampton is Haunted

Friday, October 24, 201410/24/2014

Wine Snob: Malbec & Friends

In Podcasts

The Best Little Cahors House in France

Wednesday, October 22, 201410/22/2014

Word Nerd: Threenager, Libfix, Doxxing

In Podcasts

Did you get you Libfix?

Wednesday, October 22, 201410/22/2014

Live Art Magazine Issue II

In Podcasts

Art Without Archive

Tuesday, October 21, 201410/21/2014

Tom Pappalardo Is Monte’s Idol

In Podcasts

Everything You Didn’t Ask For

Monday, October 20, 201410/20/2014

Mr. Brooks & Miranda Roldan

In Podcasts

A Shopping Cart. A Dental Hygienist. A Murder.

Friday, October 17, 201410/17/2014

Wine Snob: Corbieres

In Podcasts

Explore France’s western Rhoneish region.

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