Lin Brehmer was an American disc jockey and radio personality who hosted mornings on WXRT from 1991 to 2020, and middays from 2020 until taking a leave of absence to undergo chemotherapy in 2022.
Born in New York, Brehmer is a 1976 graduate of Colgate University, he got his start in radio while filling in at the university’s student-run WRCU-FM radio during a summer semester.
Professionally, he started working in radio in January 1977. He earned the nickname, “The Reverend of Rock and Roll” through his first work as a disc jockey in Albany, New York at WQBK-FM.
After seven years at WQBK, Brehmer left the station and moved to WXRT as music director in October 1984 in Chicago.
During his first six years at WXRT, he was named “Music Director of the Year” by FMQB for three of those years.
In October 1990, Brehmer left WXRT and moved to Minnesota for a job as program director of KTCZ-FM.
After completing a one-year contract at KTCZ-FM, he returned to Chicago’s WXRT to serve as the morning D.J., replacing Terri Hemmert.
For the majority of Brehmer’s years on the morning drive time slot at WXRT, he was partnered with news anchor Mary L. Dixon.
Brehmer died on January 22, 2023.
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