WXRT-FM radio mainstay Lin Brehmer announces medical leave to battle prostate cancer

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Starting Monday, WXRT-FM mainstay Lin Brehmer will begin “a long period of chemotherapy” that requires stepping away from the microphone he has manned for nearly four decades.

Longtime WXRT-FM mainstay Lin Brehmer announced Tuesday he is taking a leave of absence from his midday show at the rock station beginning next week, as he wages a fight against prostate cancer.

In 2020, Brehmer shifted to the midday slot, where he can be heard weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. WXRT is tied for 6th in Chicago with a 3.9 share in June, according to the most recent Nielsen ratings.

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