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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We talk to Jazz à la Mode host and Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski about the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and learn about little red dots with Mr. Universe. -
We hear live music from Cheap City, learn about the documentary, "Secret Mall Apartment," and try wine at Tip Top Wine Shop. -
We talk with John Sanders of DSP Shows about this year's Green River Festival, check out Franklin County Technical School's food pantry and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern. -
![The Fabulous 413 hosts Sally Loomis of Hilltown Land Trust [not pictured], Claire Higgins of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Jim Hicks of The Massachusetts Review, and Ilan Stavans of Restless Books [not pictured] for a roundtable chat to review how their and other organizations across the 4 counties of western Mass. are attempting to remediate in the fallout of these recissions.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/281c9d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+7/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2Feb%2F8398023445f59c7700c87be1aafa%2Fscreenshot0.jpg)
Today we host a roundtable discussion with four local organizations who are facing real-life material consequences from widespread federal funding cuts. -
Canadian Musician JayWood stops by to perform before his sold out show at The Iron Horse, learn about the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Festival, and discover the new exhibit, "Witch Panic!," at Springfield Museums. -
We talk to The Human Monster Truck to get the lay of the local wrestling landscape, talk to the organizers behind the upcoming Sun Ra Arkestra concert in Northampton and check in with Mr. Universe.
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We check in with some of the students benefiting from the Play It Forward drive at STEM Middle Academy, hear live music from local band Splendid Torch and taste wine at State Street Fruit Store. -
We meet many of the folx making up the former factory, now work/event/living space Greylock WORKS in North Adams. -
![Kevin Moran, executive editor of The Berkshire Eagle; political consultant Anthony Cignoli; Laura Colarusso, editor of The CommonWealth Beacon [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad38559/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F57%2Fe707b5cd470786502c264e73b869%2Fgrove.png)
Today on The Rundown, Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss ICE presence in western Mass., how federal funding cuts could impact the local arts and culture economy, how municipalities prepare for future climate disasters and much more. -
We speak with author Heidi Stemple about her latest book, "The Poetry of Car Mechanics," agonize over better words to describe terrible things with Word Nerd Emily Brewster and check out the arborvitae at Amherst Nurseries.
![The Fabulous 413 hosts Sally Loomis of Hilltown Land Trust [not pictured], Claire Higgins of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Jim Hicks of The Massachusetts Review, and Ilan Stavans of Restless Books [not pictured] for a roundtable chat to review how their and other organizations across the 4 counties of western Mass. are attempting to remediate in the fallout of these recissions.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/950f41b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+7/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2Feb%2F8398023445f59c7700c87be1aafa%2Fscreenshot0.jpg)
![Kevin Moran, executive editor of The Berkshire Eagle; political consultant Anthony Cignoli; Laura Colarusso, editor of The CommonWealth Beacon [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0a2db3a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F57%2Fe707b5cd470786502c264e73b869%2Fgrove.png)
