15 Facts About Brother Wease

Brother Wease is the on-air name of Alan Levin, a radio personality from Rochester, New York.

Brother Wease is currently heard on WAIO "Radio 95.1" an active rock station in Rochester.

Brother Wease then returned to the airwaves on November 17,2008, on WFXF "95.1 THE FOX" with a new supporting cast, including female co-host Lilly Hisenaj, Jamie Lissow, a local Rochester stand-up comic and executive morning show producer Anthony Caiazzo.

From March through September 2004, Wease hosted both his WCMF music show and a similar program on WBUF, WCMF's Buffalo sister station in the CBS station group which was using a hot talk radio format.

Brother Wease was heard weekends on New York City's WNEW-FM during its days as a hot-talk station in the middle of the last decade.

Brother Wease hosted a three-hour music show on XM Satellite Radio's Virus channel in December 2006.

Brother Wease came by his stage name from his school nickname, which was "Weasel".

Brother Wease is known for his openness with some listeners, including sharing much of his personal life.

Brother Wease is a veteran who completed three tours of duty in Vietnam.

Brother Wease served as an emcee for Woodstock '94 and Woodstock 1999.

In 1997, Brother Wease founded the Brother Wease Cares Children's Fund to raise money for children in need.

Brother Wease announced on his February 2,2005, show that he had been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare form of sinus cancer.

Brother Wease underwent seven weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, during which he intended to broadcast from a makeshift studio in his apartment for as long as he was physically capable.

Brother Wease never missed a show, despite being able to broadcast for only a few minutes on certain days.

Brother Wease learned in August 2005 that the treatment for his cancer had been successful.