Background
Brehmer, Lin was born on August 19, 1954 in New York City.
Brehmer, Lin was born on August 19, 1954 in New York City.
Bachelor in English, Colgate University, 1976.
Brehmer has been serving as the morning-drive slot disc jockey since 1991. Brehmer began working professionally in radio in January 1977. His first disc jockey job at in Albany, New York at WQBK-FM, where he earned the nickname, "The Reverend of Rock and Roll." After seven years at WQBK, Brehmer left the position and moved to Chicago to work for as music director beginning in October 1984.
During the six years at , Brehmer was named "Music Director of the Year" by FMQB three of those years. In 1989, Hard Report's readers voted Brehmer as "Music Director of the Decade." In October 1990, Brehmer left and moved to Minnesota for as program director of KTCZ. After completing a one-year contract at KTCZ, Brehmer returned to Chicago’s to serve as the morning D.J., replacing Terri Hemmert. For the past 20 years at , Brehmer has been hosting a yearly remote broadcast for The Chicago Cubs home opening day.
On September 1, 1995, Brehmer was the first non-Cleveland disc jockey to broadcast live from the radio studio of the (then-)new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009, sent a mass email to subscribers encouraging political action to lobby congress regarding music royalties using Brehmer’s name. In response to the mass email, Brehmer used Facebook to state that he did not write, nor endorse the email.
Brehmer wrote, "It's just something they do. Send out e-mails and sign my name to them without my knowledge. I will always be on the side of the musicians."
Brehmer describes himself as “your best friend in the whole world” and is on-air between 5:30a.m. and 10:00a.m.
Monday through Friday. Lin's Bin
In 2002, Brehmer began writing and broadcasting essays entitled, Lin's Bin. The essays were developed from responding to listeners' letters and continues as responses to email.
Each year, Brehmer writes just under a hundred essays. He stated that he has written approximately 1800 pages of Lin's Bin. The essays are written and pre-recorded with producer Peter Crozier.
To date, the essays have not been published as a book.