July 3, 2014, Rhyner was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. He styles his public personality as "The Old Grey Wolf", a cantankerous old fart and baseball fan in a football crazy world. Rocco Pendola, a former coworker, claims that he is difficult to work with. Rhyner announced his retirement from the Ticket on January 6, 2020. In 2022, Mike Rhyner announced that he will be joining the new sports radio station in Dallas, 97.1 The Freak. Personal life Rhyner is divorced. He has a daughter named Jordan. Rhyner is a band member of Petty Theft, a Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers tribute band. He also started a Byrds tribute band called the Nyrds and a Bob Dylan tribute band called Buick 6. References Living people American sports radio personalities Radio personalities from Dallas 1951 births People from Oak Cliff, Texas