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Monte Belmonte

Monte Belmonte

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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, April 17, 201404/17/2014

Trolls Take Over Turners Falls

In Podcasts

Turners Falls River Culture has courted trolls to town

Wednesday, April 16, 201404/16/2014

Word Nerd: Style Guide!

How do I write ‘side butt’?

Wednesday, April 16, 201404/16/2014

Dr. Hameed’s Invasion of The Body Snatchers

Why Haven’t Alien Killed Us Yet?

Tuesday, April 15, 201404/15/2014

Photographer Doug Potoksky

In Podcasts

Remember Boston

Monday, April 14, 201404/14/2014

Wine Snob: Barbera from Italia and Cali

I couldn’t taste it blind but I tasted a lot of it.

Monday, April 14, 201404/14/2014

A Home Run For Bunny

Montague author, Richard Andersen, tells the almost forgotten tale of early 20th century baseball heroism in the face of racial…

Wednesday, April 9, 201404/09/2014

The Red Shoe Ball

In Podcasts

Because there’s no place like home

Tuesday, April 8, 201404/08/2014

Raising My Rainbow

In Podcasts

Lori Duron & Monte Compare Rainbows

Monday, April 7, 201404/07/2014

Monte’s World on GCTV

In Podcasts

The Naked Show

Monday, April 7, 201404/07/2014

Wine Snob: The Prodigal Wine Son

In Podcasts

Inducting a new Wine Snob onto the Jancis Robinson Wine Bible and also tasting a lot of Pinot Gris.

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