Miami Ratings April 2020

     Sports format radio stations monthly ratings were issued for the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. It spanned from the end of March until three weeks into April.
     The coronavirus pandemic forced local organizations to not broadcast any live sporting events during that time and emphasize just on talk shows. There were more personnel and schedule changes among the four local entities in a very long time.
     560 The Joe WQAM-AM rose from a 0.7 to a 0.8 and ended up in first place for the ninth consecutive month. It was a tough time as Entercom Communications made job cuts due to the pandemic. WQAM released Florida Panthers radio network studio host Kevin Rogers, producer Manny Chang and weekly high school sports host Larry Blustein. South Florida High School Sports.com was eliminated by the station after a 14-year run. They did rebroadcast Florida Panthers hockey games from earlier this season several night a week with play-by-play announcer Doug Plagens making new preview segments.
     Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM went from a 0.6 to a 0.4 in the period. Like their Entercom sister-station WQAM, they let go their evening show host Zach Duarte and sports anchor Trevor Murray.
     Fox Sports 640 South Florida WMEN-AM remained with a 0.3 for the fourth straight month. Their program director Paul Mason exited his post and moved on to Nashville at the end of the ratings period as the radio station finished third in the region for the third straight time.
     Miami Sports 940 WINZ-AM stayed at a 0.2 again for the third straight period. Rich Eisen was eliminated by the station on April 3 and he had been there since November 2014. Colin Cowherd was shifted to live at noon on April 6 and had been on tape delayed during afternoons there since April 2016. The Greek started his two-hour show just one hour later at 3PM and WINZ added the syndicated show Sunshine State Showdown with Brandon Kravitz and Zac Blobner at 5PM.