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, December 18, 201312/18/2013

The Battle For Christmas

In Podcasts

The War On ‘The War On Xmas’

Tuesday, December 17, 201312/17/2013

The Christmas Cleaning Queen 2

In Podcasts

Belmonte Films Presents

Tuesday, December 17, 201312/17/2013

The WRSI Birthday Girl Leaves Her Sleep

In Podcasts

Natalie Merchant

Friday, December 13, 201312/13/2013

The Nutcracker with Mother (Monte) Ginger

In Podcasts

Monte talks with the ballerinas and ballerinos and puts on a giant dress with 8 children living in it.

Thursday, December 12, 201312/12/2013

Monte Thinks We Can Raise $3 Million

In Podcasts

Valley Gives: Can the Valley raise $2 million in 24 hours?

Wednesday, December 11, 201312/11/2013

Word Nerd: Prepositions. Can I end a sentence with?

In Podcasts

The bane of grammarians existence is something with which a problem you should not have. -Yoda.  

Wednesday, December 11, 201312/11/2013

Jordi Herold: Music Legend. Building Nerd.

In Podcasts

The founder of the Iron Horse Music Hall wins his third historic preservation award in Northampton.

Tuesday, December 10, 201312/10/2013

Heavy Petting: Fight Cancer With Naked Mole Rats!

In Podcasts

Dr. Steve enlightens us on some recent rodent developments.

Tuesday, December 10, 201312/10/2013

Bill Nace on virtuosic noise & working with Kim Gordon

In Podcasts

Body/Head

Friday, December 6, 201312/06/2013

Join Monte at State Street this Saturday

In Podcasts

Wine Snob: The 2013 Gala!

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