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 3, 202202/03/2022

War, Atomic Veterans, Shirley Chisolm and The Rock Hall

In Podcasts

Congressman McGovern hit a bunch of topics on today’s McGoverning with McGovern. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/war-atomic-veterans-shirley-chisolm-and-the-rock-hall-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern?si=558c64632d03445f9a477aed831e4e47&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Wednesday, February 2, 202202/02/2022

Monte’s Farewell to The GOAT

In Podcasts

Monte Lionel Richie’s his farewell to Tom Brady, The Greatest of All-Time. And below that, will Monte’s New England Patriots…

Monday, January 31, 202201/31/2022

James Webb Makes It & Elon Musk Trashes The Moon

In Podcasts

Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the successful James Webb mission (so far) and on the less-than-successful left-over mission…

Friday, January 28, 202201/28/2022

Weird Whiskey for Weird Times: WINE SNOBS

In Podcasts

Why are some of your favorite whiskeys, whiskys, and Scotches unavailable? And what can you drink instead? Ringo The Spirit…

Friday, January 28, 202201/28/2022

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut on The Blizzard of ’22

In Podcasts

What does our favorite armchair forecaster think of the big storm coming tomorrow? Read him (and support his work) here.…

Thursday, January 27, 202201/27/2022

Breyer is retiring. Pelosi is not. Congressman McGovern weighs in.

In Podcasts

On this week’s McGoverning with McGovern, Monte talks with the Chair of The Rules Committee about the recent Supreme Court…

Wednesday, January 26, 202201/26/2022

What does the Bluest State Think of Biden?

In Podcasts

Florence-based pollster, Rich Parr, from the MassInc Polling Group on a recent COVID-meets-Bay-State-Politics poll. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/what-do-baystaters-think-of-biden?si=88d472331d584597a9d5780b8542e888&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Wednesday, January 26, 202201/26/2022

What does the Word Nerd think of Wordle?

In Podcasts

Plus some fancy words for snow. With Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster. Our beloved Word Nerd. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/what-does-the-word-nerd-think-of-wordle-and-some-words-for-snow?si=88d472331d584597a9d5780b8542e888&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Monday, January 24, 202201/24/2022

Mr. Universe reviews “Station Eleven”

In Podcasts

Monte has been reluctant to watch a TV about a pandemic during a pandemic but Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman…

Monday, January 24, 202201/24/2022

Hampshire County makes a plan to fight hunger

In Podcasts

Meet some of the people leading the fight against hunger in Hampshire County and learn how you can join them.…

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