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In 1994, Rhyner helped create The Ticket. He was responsible for selecting most of the original lineup, including [[George Dunham]], Craig Miller, and [[Greg Williams (radio personality)|Greg Williams]].<ref name="horn2013">Barry Horn. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/more-sports/headlines/20130628-mike-rhyner-the-ticket-gig-is-unique-but-sooner-or-later-someone-will-leave.ece "Mike Rhyner: The Ticket is unique, but 'sooner or later' someone will leave".] ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', 28 June 2013.</ref> From 1995 to 2008, Rhyner co-hosted with Williams, and they were "the most dynamic duo in Dallas talk radio".<ref name="Whitt2008" /> In 2008, Rhyner had a public falling out with Williams, who left the show. ''[[The Dallas Observer]]'' in its year-end "best of" round up gave "Greg Williams versus Mike Rhyner" the award for best Dallas drama.<ref>[http://www.dallasobserver.com/bestof/2008/award/best-drama-1099189/ "Best Drama Dallas 2008 - Greg Williams versus Mike Rhyner".] ''[[The Dallas Observer]]'', 25 September 2008.</ref>
In 2009, [[CBS Radio]] attempted to poach Rhyner from KTCK, and Rhyner came close to accepting the new position but instead accepted an increased compensation package from [[Cumulus Media]] to stay with The Ticket.<ref name="whitt2009" /> On July 3, 2014, Rhyner was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.<ref>Robert Wilonsky. [http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/07/the-kzew-keeper-behind-the-ticket-mike-rhyner-is-finally-where-he-belongs-in-the-texas-radio-hall-of-fame.html/ "The KZEW-keeper behind The Ticket, Mike Rhyner, is finally where he belongs: in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame".] ''The Dallas Morning News'', 3 July 2014 .</ref> He styles his public personality as "The Old Grey Wolf",<ref>Anthony Mariani. [http://www.fwweekly.com/2014/01/15/so-long-where-house/ "So Long, Where House".] ''[[Fort Worth Weekly]]'', 15 January 2014 .</ref> a cantankerous old fart<ref>Boyter (2009)</ref> and baseball fan in a football crazy world.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schultz |first=Bradley |date=2005 |title=Sports Media: Reporting, Producing, and Planning |publisher=Focal Press |isbn=978-0240807317}}</ref> [[Rocco Pendola]], a former coworker, claims that he is difficult to work with.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pendola |first=Rocco |date=2002 |title=Ramblings from Rocco: Hockey, Radio, Life, and Our Urban Environment |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QueVZTuMj0MC
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