Today Papa Hardline called it a career and there’s a ton of audio here for the occasion. First up, here’s his full farewell show on 1/6/2020.
Here’s what we now know as the final episode of The Hardline on 12/10/2019.
Here’s Mike’s last full show on the station, The Kickaround on 12/14/2019.
Here’s Mike’s last appearance on the station at Normathon 12/26/2019.
Currently the most recent Mike sighting was on the Ben & Woods Show on 1/7/2020. We get a bit more info on why Mike left.
The next full broadcast day celebrating Mike:
Some more Mike segments from the week:
Mike Sirois’ twitch stream tribute 1/6/2020
Below is some of my favorite Mike audio (more great audio nuggets in the tweets that follow):
Mike, thank you for reaching out 26 years ago. Congrats on an incredible radio career. Love you, let's jam sometime soon https://t.co/fgKPUqMGQy
— George Dunham (@GeorgeDunham) January 6, 2020
Listening to @dfwticket and hearing Mike Rhyner make the announcement that he’s moving on to the next phase of life. Like many, my afternoon’s of listening to The Hardline won’t be the same. You’ve given us so many years of radio gold. A heartfelt “thank you” to @theoldgreywolf
— Troy Aikman (@TroyAikman) January 6, 2020
Godspeed, brother. Happy for you! All of us at this station owe our careers to your vision. https://t.co/sVdCH26PlO
— Craig Miller (@junior_miller) January 6, 2020
In case you missed it, the breaking news is that our leader @theoldgreywolf has retired from @dfwticket, the legendary radio station he started. A heartfelt Stay Hard & THANK YOU to you, Mike!
— Gordon Keith (@gordonkeith) January 6, 2020
Gonna miss rocking the stage with my dude pumping Regulators and Gold Digger in some ears! You’re the best homie! Stay Hard! https://t.co/u0uNbtRe4z pic.twitter.com/LQBG8Ptkfg
— Donovan Lewis (@GreatDonovan) January 6, 2020
Hey @theoldgreywolf , love you man. Been a hell of a ride. Proud to have been along side you the last 20 years. Cheers my friend.
— Corby Davidson (@corbydavidson) January 7, 2020
I love Rhynes and owe him more than words can express. What a legend. Enjoy your future, Mike! https://t.co/ULBVoXxN0K
— Bob Sturm (@SportsSturm) January 6, 2020
Thanks-all of you…for the love…and for making a dicey day into about as perfect a one as I've ever had
— Mike Rhyner (@theoldgreywolf) January 7, 2020
I just spoke with @theoldgreywolf about his surprise retirement.https://t.co/Lshu6GcuAE
A long chat. So … more to come. Still … stunned. pic.twitter.com/5qARgBq40g
— Robert Wilonsky (@RobertWilonsky) January 6, 2020
My best to a good radio man, @theoldgreywolf
Thanks for the hours & hours of entertainment, info & laughs. Thanks for calling in “The Temple” & letting the world know about the “talking sport.” Stay hard…and remember kids, please don’t jar.— Chuck Morgan (@TEXPAMAN) January 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/tweetgrubes/status/1214296973114826754
You sit in that room, doing what you do, day in, day out for years on end…to think you matter or you're having an impact would be arrogant, so you don't-you just do what you're there to do and tomorrow's another day…then you hear this https://t.co/7O0b550alP
— Mike Rhyner (@theoldgreywolf) January 7, 2020
I’m sad https://t.co/ONgEqRCoW3
— Dan McDowell (@bracketdan) January 8, 2020
For those interested in the retirement of @theoldgreywolf – this podcast the station posted earlier today will be of great interest. Lots of Tier 1 & 2 reaction and audio (Petty Theft!) not heard on the station. https://t.co/CCBIhopaE9
— peter (@peet2) January 7, 2020
Congrats on a great career, @theoldgreywolf! You changed DFW radio forever. Stay hard and keep jammin'! pic.twitter.com/F3luShWsYh
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) January 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/tweetgrubes/status/1215113163676536833
— Mike Rhyner (@theoldgreywolf) January 9, 2020
Now this stopped me dowm… https://t.co/gaOtEoT7pk
— Mike Rhyner (@theoldgreywolf) January 9, 2020
Really liked this-thanks so much Mike…and thanks to my Ticket brothers…we did something great together…and it goes on…love you boys… https://t.co/Y0NLXm3yMU
— Mike Rhyner (@theoldgreywolf) January 20, 2020
#StayHard
Legend
Thanks so much for posting this. It’s times like this when the P1 family needs each other the most.
I’m not sure if the audio is necessarily all that good. But I still giggle when I think about the old prank when Rhynes dropped that envelope of cash in the studio, and Corby picked it up. I think there’s a Rhyner S-bomb when Cat tells him there’s only $20 left or something.
No doubt man thanks for sharing I added it to the list. If anyone else has some fav Mike audio I’ll add it (if it can be found).
https://youtu.be/MXh3sueSxps
Every segment below “Some more Mike segments from the week” won’t download.
idk what happened but I changed the page up a bit everything should work now (right click on each track to dl)