iHeartRadio's Michael “Matt” Patrick Ryan Passes Away After Cancer Battle
July 10, 2017
Michael “Matt” Patrick Ryan, host of Houston’s Morning News, passed away Sunday after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Matt, a two-time Radio and Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee, a true conservative, spent more than three decades on the radio, sharing so much with millions across the country. As a veteran of radio, he delivered award-winning broadcasts year after year that embody the very foundation on which our country was founded. God, guns, country. In 2015, Matt was honored by Houston Fisher House for supporting veterans.
Matt deeply believed in protecting and defending the Constitution and all that it stands for just as our founding fathers would have wanted and expected. "Eroding our Constitutional rights goes against everything we as a country are and must continue to be," Matt had said. Matt Patrick was a radio personality in several genres and states including Ohio, New York, Indiana, and right here in the Great State of Texas where he hosted Houston’s Morning News for 6 years until his final broadcast Wednesday July 6, 2017.
Here's a look back at when he started his role as Morning show host for Houston's Morning News in 2011:
In his spare time, Matt enjoyed watching his young son Jake play football, traveling around Texas, sitting by the pool sipping a non-alcoholic umbrella drink, and watching all college and professional sports (especially Texas football)!