Monte Belmonte
Host & Executive ProducerMonte Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
During his time as host of Mornings with Monte, he developed several local fundraising campaigns, including the annual pre-Thanksgiving “Monte’s March” for The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Monte also serves as the volunteer president of the board of the nonprofit Shea Theater Arts Center in his hometown of Great Falls (Turners Falls), Massachusetts. He is married to Smith College Spanish lecturer Melissa Belmonte, and has three incredibly creative kids, Atticus, Enzo and Pax.
You can reach Monte at monte@nepm.org.
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Our next Mayor-of-the-Month features Peter Marchetti of Pittsfield. We also speak to local author Vincent Yu about his new book, "Seek Immediate Shelter." -
We have a Live Music Monday with banjoist Max Wareham, take a tour of Red Shirt Farm and celebrate Star Wars Day with Mr. Universe. -
We hear about Boca Tuya's residency at Adams Theater, celebrate Free Comic Books Day, and learn about the memorial celebration for Nat Graves at the Shea Theater. -
We talk to BoDeans founder Kurt Neumann before his show at the HOPE Center for the Arts, get Live Music Friday with Emily Wells accompanied by a string quartet, and visit Sixteen Acres Garden Center. -
We visit Amherst Media, find out about the dance production of "Rowdies in Love" at Jacob's Pillow, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern. -
We visit the Smith College Museum of Art to check out the exhibit "Don't mind if I do" and talk with the Word Nerd about how we talk about herbs and spices. -
We get the behind-the-scenes look at local film "Watching Mr. Pearson," speak with musician Madeline Peyroux before she visits the HOPE Center for the Arts, and talk to Mr. Universe. -
We broadcast from the Emily Dickinson Museum with Executive Director Jane Wald, Program Director Brooke Steinhauser, and poets Nathan McClain and Rebecca Hart Olander. -
We chat with folx from The Massachusetts Review in honor of National Poetry Month, have a Live Music Friday with Springfield artist Parris, and return to State Street Fruit Store for the latest Wine Thunderdome. -
Today we dive deep into the Massachusetts Public Record Law.
