{"id":23839,"date":"2019-12-18T18:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=23839"},"modified":"2019-12-19T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:17:44","slug":"wxrt-morning-star-lin-brehmer-moving-middays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/12\/18\/wxrt-morning-star-lin-brehmer-moving-middays\/","title":{"rendered":"WXRT morning star Lin Brehmer moving to middays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Lin Brehmer<\/p><\/div>\n

Lin Brehmer, the likable and literate morning personality on WXRT 93.1-FM <\/a>since 1991, will move to middays early in the new year, the Entercom adult album alternative station announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Succeeding Brehmer in mornings will be Richard Milne, a 33-year veteran of the station who currently hosts middays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays.<\/p>\n

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Richard Milne<\/p><\/div>\n

In a related move, Entercom has dropped newscasts in morning drive at the heritage rocker, eliminating the position of longtime morning news anchor and co-host Mary Dixon, effective immediately. Her last day on WXRT was Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike a veteran centerfielder who moves to first base, I look forward to batting second,\u201d Brehmer said in a statement. \u201cThe exhilaration of being a morning companion to the families that support 93XRT offset the brutal schedule of someone who likes to go to concerts at night. I\u2019m not 29 anymore. May the phrase, \u2018Isn\u2019t it past your bedtime?\u2019 be applied to someone else for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Described here as \u201ca rock and roller who writes with the soul of a poet,<\/a>\u201d Brehmer, 65, appealed to more thoughtful listeners with the signature essays he called \u201cLin\u2019s Bin.\u201d Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg once called them \u201ca blend of personal and universal, an oasis of intelligence<\/a> in a media landscape that too often seems as if it has hit the bedrock of stupid and is struggling to drill deeper.\"<\/p>\n

Greg Solk, operations manager of WXRT, said in a statement:\u00a0\u201c93XRT has long held the reputation for playing Chicago\u2019s finest rock, but also has enjoyed hosting Chicago\u2019s finest jocks. Lin Brehmer is a Chicago treasure. All of us at the station are indebted to Lin for his 28 years of wrestling with his alarm clock. His morning fans will now get to enjoy their best friend in the whole world sharing their workday as Lin accompanies their middle of the day rituals.<\/p>\n

\"We are also blessed to have someone of Richard\u2019s character, charm, music knowledge and wit to take over for Lin. It\u2019s Richard\u2019s turn to get in early and rock Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said Milne:\u00a0\u201cEven after 33\u2153 years on the air at 93XRT, it still makes me one of the \u2018new guys\u2019 here and it\u2019s still a thrill to come into 93XRT every day and spin Chicago\u2019s finest rock. It has also given me plenty of time to learn from the best airstaff around, especially the incomparable Lin Brehmer. It is an absolute honor to take over mornings from my favorite disc jockey of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mary Dixon<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting in 1991 Dixon had served three tours of duty on Brehmer\u2019s morning show, the last one since 2005. Sources said Entercom offered Dixon an anchor job at all-news combo WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM,<\/a> which she declined. \u201cIt was not a good fit for my family, and I had to say no,\u201d Dixon told the Chicago Tribune.<\/a><\/p>\n

Her husband, Mark Caro, is a former arts and entertainment writer for the Tribune.<\/p>\n

Dixon\u2019s unexplained departure and the absence of news from Brehmer\u2019s show Wednesday ignited concern on social media. \u00a0Tribune sports columnist Phil Rosenthal tweeted <\/a>that it was \u201ca colossal mistake . . . wholly misjudging the \u202a@93XRT\u202c morning-drive audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Radio Hall of Famer Terri Hemmert stepped down<\/a> as midday personality after 45 years on WXRT. Her move to part-time status paved the way for Milne to shift to middays in July.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey WXRT ranked 14th in mornings with a 2.9 percent share. The station ranked 11th in middays with a 3.6 share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lin Brehmer, the likable and literate morning personality on WXRT 93.1-FM since 1991, will move to middays early in the new year, the Entercom adult album alternative station announced Wednesday. Succeeding Brehmer in mornings will be Richard Milne, a 33-year veteran of the station who currently hosts middays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23839"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23851,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839\/revisions\/23851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}