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, November 10, 202111/10/2021

Andrew Morehouse on the state of Food Insecurity Now

In Podcasts

Monte visits the Executive Director of The Food Bank of Western Mass, Andrew Morehouse, to talk about The March, their…

Tuesday, November 9, 202111/09/2021

How HCC is handling hunger: Monte’s March 12

In Podcasts

Monte went to the ribbon cutting of the new Homestead Market on campus at Holyoke Community College. Hear how this…

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

The Astronomer’s Wishlist: MR UNIVERSE

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, about what astronomers are wishing for this Christmas. Well, not ACTUALLY…

Monday, November 8, 202111/08/2021

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Myka Plunkett & Eddie Zitka from K&E Theater about their upcoming production of Cabaret at 33 Hawley…

Friday, November 5, 202111/05/2021

Invite Julia James over for Thanksgiving

In Podcasts

Crowd pleasing Californian wines for under 10 bucks. And look at these two Wine Snobs from State Street. They look…

Thursday, November 4, 202111/04/2021

Cider Days Rule

In Podcasts

Monte talks with Lisa Davol from the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and Good Ben Clark, fruit farmer, from Clarkdale…

Thursday, November 4, 202111/04/2021

Drawing New Lines: McGoverning with McGovern

In Podcasts

What do River listeners and Congressman McGovern think about the proposed new legislative map? https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-new-legislative-maps-mcgoverning-with-mcgovern?si=d41a9b0a3b8b485b8629b60a72bc272f

Wednesday, November 3, 202111/03/2021

TBH, copypasta FTW, amirite? WORD NERD

In Podcasts

Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster on some of the newest words (and letter combinations?) in the dictionary. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/tbh-copypasta-ftw-amirite-word-nerd?si=5d91cf09d3a54aea8588162de352fd16

Tuesday, November 2, 202111/02/2021

Weep Not

In Podcasts

Cheray O’Neal returns to her old haunts in Amherst to locally showcase her new award winning short film. Hear Monte…

Monday, November 1, 202111/01/2021

A Distant Signal Debunked: MR UNIVERSE

In Podcasts

Turns out the high hopes that Hampshire College astronomer, Dr. Salman Hameed, and many other astronomers had that a distant…

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