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.

Monday, May 6, 201305/06/2013

Cult Carnival: The Fairgrounds will never be the same

In Podcasts

Dre Rawlings and her artistic vision strike again at the Franklin County Fairgrounds with the What Cheer Brigade.

Monday, May 6, 201305/06/2013

Wine Snob: A rose by any other name

In Podcasts

Wine Snob: Rose

Friday, May 3, 201305/03/2013

School Lunch Superhero Day: JJK, Lunch Lady & The First Lady

In Podcasts

School Lunch Superhero Day

Thursday, May 2, 201305/02/2013

Move over Emily, Amherst’s Legacy is Ultimate Frisbee

In Podcasts

Tina Booth, one of the nation’s leading boosters for the Amherst born sport on the history & the future of…

Wednesday, May 1, 201305/01/2013

Whet your (App)etite: T. Susan Chang’s new Cookbook App

In Podcasts

Whet Your (App)etite

Tuesday, April 30, 201304/30/2013

Antigone Rising: In & On “Time” For Pride

Antigone Rising Have Pride

Monday, April 29, 201304/29/2013

Wine Snob: Graffigna

Wine Snob: Graffigna

Monday, April 29, 201304/29/2013

Stinging Nettles!

Nettle Sting The Belmontes

Thursday, April 25, 201304/25/2013

Tim Eriksen Takes Us To Pumpkintown

Ethno-musicologist, T-Bone Burnett & Jack White collaborator, and Latina Buddhist death metal thrash banjo enthusiast, Tim Eriksen brings his real…

Wednesday, April 24, 201304/24/2013

The Laramie Project: At Williston-Northampton

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The Laramie Project

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