Michael “Matt” Patrick Ryan took the stage at an event with Houston Republicans just four-and-a-half months into his new gig at KTRH in 2011.
“If I’ve learned one thing in Houston, in Texas …,” he began, “I have learned, ‘Son, you better keep your mouth shut, your eyes open and listen, because Houstonians will let you know when you have become –”
A woman interjected: “A Texan.”
He laughed. “I thank you for letting me come into your city.”
CANCER BATTLE: Matt Patrick stops cancer treatment, thanks Houston for support
The conservative radio host, known as Matt Patrick, died Sunday at 58 after fighting aggressive mucosal melanoma for two years.
Patrick was known for his positive attitude and spirited debates on air in Houston, weighing in on issues that ranged from President Donald Trump’s campaign to how the Super Bowl affected homelessness in the Bayou City.
He wasn’t afraid to talk about his personal life, discussing his 2015 cancer diagnosis and, last week, telling listeners that he would stop treatment at MD Anderson.
Before he was a staple of morning commutes on KTRH, however, Patrick was once new to the Lone Star State, acknowledging at that 2011 event that he was a “Texan by choice.”
He spent nearly three decades at WKDD, a morning radio show in Akron, Ohio, after starting as a DJ at 22 in 1980. He launched The Matt Patrick Show in 2008 on a different Akron station, and he took the program to Cincinnati and Cleveland stations before moving to Houston six years ago with his family.
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