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, August 28, 201308/28/2013

Word Nerd: To Be or Not to Bespoke?

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster dissects a pet peeve word from Riverlutionary Donald Miller.

Wednesday, August 28, 201308/28/2013

Transperformance 2013

In Podcasts

Beyond Bob

Wednesday, August 28, 201308/28/2013

Peter Shumlin on what happens now

Vt Yankee Is Closing. Gov. Shumlin looks happy.

Tuesday, August 27, 201308/27/2013

And on helping small farmers

In Podcasts

Will Jim McGovern march on Monte’s March?

Wednesday, August 21, 201308/21/2013

Word Nerd: There’s Know Their There

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster on more commonly misused and misspelled words and uses.

Wednesday, August 21, 201308/21/2013

Back To Rock & Roll High School: The Funky Drummer

In Podcasts

The Dr. of Rock

Thursday, August 15, 201308/15/2013

Word Nerd: Will This Literally Make Your Head Explode?

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster, from Merriam-Webster

Thursday, August 15, 201308/15/2013

If Dogs Could Sing: George Lenker’s Pet Sounds

In Podcasts

Masslive’s Beer Nut and local hero singer songwriter, George Lenker, lets his mutt be his muse and it’s all for…

Tuesday, August 13, 201308/13/2013

Weed Dating: A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet?

In Podcasts

Sick of internet dating?  Meet the love of your life while picking purple loostrife at the Community Farm in Greenfield,…

Monday, August 12, 201308/12/2013

Wicked Awesome Time in Boston

In Podcasts

Monte and the big boys watch ‘Wicked’ and stop a robbery in process.

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