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, June 23, 202106/23/2021
Irida’s Pierogi
In Podcasts
Irida Kakhtiranova spent almost three years living in a church in Northampton in order to avoid deportation and stay close…
Tuesday, June 22, 202106/22/2021
The NY Times abducted by aliens?
In Podcasts
Not really. But maybe their journalistic integrity has been abducted by people trying to make money off of aliens. Hampshire…
Tuesday, June 22, 202106/22/2021
¡Felicidades! The Latino Scholarship Fund
In Podcasts
Monte talks with scholarship winner Briana Gomez, Latino Scholarship Fund board member Isabel Espinal, Holyoke Media and WHMP’s Natalia Muñoz…
Friday, June 18, 202106/18/2021
Port & Madeira & Whales: Wine Snob
In Podcasts
Monte and the Wine Snobs at State Street drink fortified wines and talk about several whales of tales. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/port-madeira-whales-wine-snob
Friday, June 18, 202106/18/2021
Juneteenth in Amherst
In Podcasts
It’s now officially a Federal holiday, but thanks to Drs. Amilcar and Dee Shabazz and many others the Commonwealth of…
Thursday, June 17, 202106/17/2021
Stirring it up again!
In Podcasts
Stir Up Some Love raised a LOT of money for our local restaurants and for The Treehouse Foundation in the…
Thursday, June 17, 202106/17/2021
Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday
In Podcasts
Monte talks with US Congressman Jim McGovern. Or is that DOCTOR McGovern? About Juneteenth, voting rights and what humane letters.…
Wednesday, June 16, 202106/16/2021
The First Actually Post-Apocalyptic Performance Post-Apocalypse?
In Podcasts
As we come out of a year-long lockdown and all the emotions around it, the first show dealing with the…
Wednesday, June 16, 202106/16/2021
The Hot Dog Sandwich Debate AGAIN?!?
Monte and Emily Brewster, both friends of the Judge John Hodgman Podcast, are somewhat mystified why The Honorable Judge Hodgman…
Tuesday, June 15, 202106/15/2021
How will Northampton Re-imagine Public Safety?
In Podcasts
Monte talks with Dan Cannity and Javier Luengo from the Northampton Police Review Commission and Ya-Ping Douglass and Ashwin Ravikumar…
