Good Karma Brands In Radio Ratings

     ESPN West Palm 106.3 WESP-FM parent company Good Karma Brands has registered with the Nielsen radio ratings. Their owned radio stations of WEPN-AM in New York City, KSPN-AM in Los Angeles and WMVP-AM in Chicago appeared in the April 2026 ratings results on Monday. 

     All three stations were purchased by Good Karma Brands and the acquisitions were eventfully completed in March 2022. Their registration with the radio ratings lasted until December 2023. 

     It will be known on Thursday if ESPN West Palm Beach 106.3 WESP-FM will show up in the West Palm Beach ratings for April 2026. The last time a Good Karma Brands West Palm Beach radio station was registered was ESPN Radio 760 WEFL-AM in the Arbitron radio ratings back in February 2012. 

     There are several reasons why Good Karma Brands had stopped registering with radio ratings services. Their sports radio stations were usually second to their main competitor in each individual media market they were located in. It was an additional expense for them to pay to have access and use a ratings company data. They expanded into the digital area of marketing along with other forms of advertising and no longer relied on radio ratings. 

Miami Ratings April 2026

     The ratings were issued for sports talk format radio stations in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. The time span was from the first week in April to the last week in April. 

     104.3 Sports WQAM-FM moved from a 0.8 to a 0.9 in the period. The Miami Marlins had a 15-16 record one month into the 2026 regular season and were second in the National League East Division. The Miami Heat reached the NBA Play-In Tournament as the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference and were eliminated by the Charlotte Hornets. The Florida Panthers finished off their two-time Stanley Cup title reign and 2025-26 campaign not making the postseason for the first time in seven years. 

     Fox Sports 940 WINZ-AM rose to a 0.4 after two months at a 0.3. It was unusual for the increase because this was the first complete month since September 2013 that WINZ did not air Miami Marlins contests. WZTU-FM-HD2 with the WINZ stream improved to 0.4 following three months at 0.1. 

     Fox Sports 640 South Florida WMEN-AM remained at a 0.1 for the third straight month. They did not have any play-by-play radio game broadcasts. The addition of a new afternoon show with Ken LaVicka and Josh Cohen back in January has not helped matters. 

Braves Ride By Marlins

     The Atlanta Braves dropped the Miami Marlins 8-4 on Tuesday at loanDepot park. It was a rare Tuesday mid-afternoon game held in South Florida. 

     Atlanta(33-16) broke out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Ozzie Albies hit a sacrifice fly to right field and Ronald Acuna Jr. scored. Two batters later, Michael Harris II singled through the right side and Mauricio Dubon reached home. 

     Miami(22-27) responded with three runs in the bottom of the first and were up 3-2. Xavier Edwards led off with a solo home run to left field on a 1-0 count for his sixth homer of the campaign. Five batters later, Kyle Stowers doubled into the right-field corner for Otto Lopez and Esteury Ruiz to cross the plate.

     The Fish expanded their lead to 4-2 in the third inning. Ruiz knocked in Lopez on a sacrifice fly into center field.

     The Braves picked up one run during the top of the fifth and trailed 4-3. Matt Olson drove in Acuna on a double into right-center field.  

     The Bravos tied it up 4-4 with one run in the top of the sixth. Harris smashed a solo homer to center field on the first pitch for his ninth home run of the season. 

     Atlanta reclaimed the lead 7-4 in the eighth inning. Dubon hit a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to the right side of the diamond and Ha-Seong Kim touched home. Olson followed with a two-run single through the left side which scored Kim and Acuna. They made it 8-4 in the ninth inning when Kim singled into center field and Austin Riley scored. 

Ross Mahoney In Arizona

     Ross Mahoney has returned to the radio business. He has been given the role of regional vice president of executive production and programming with the Dave & Mahoney morning show at Compass Media Networks and KSLX-FM in Phoenix. 

     Mahoney is associated with a groundbreaking change in South Florida radio history. He was the program director at WMSF-FM until late August 2012. The radio station was flipped to a sports talk format and became the first FM sports radio station in the South Florida area. It began to simulcast Sports Talk 790 The Ticket WAXY-AM on its airwaves and was eventually rebranded as Sports Talk 104.3 The Ticket WAXY-FM.

Marlins Dominate Braves

     The Miami Marlins decimated the Atlanta Braves 12-0 at loanDepot park on Monday night. The Marlins began a seven-game homestand. 

     The Braves have the best record in Major League Baseball. The Fish over the weekend faced the Tampa Bay Rays, who had the best record in the American League.  

     Miami(22-26) scooted out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Joe Mack grounded out to first and Connor Norby crossed the plate. 

     The Marlins made it 6-0 in the fourth inning with five runs. Mack singled up the middle which brought in Kyle Stowers and Jakob Marsee. Two batters later, Xavier Edwards got an infield hit to short and Norby reached home. Liam Hicks followed with a double into right field to score Mack and Edwards for a six-run margin. 

     Atlanta(32-16) surrendered six more runs in the bottom of the fifth and trailed 12-0. Mack walked with the bases loaded and Stowers touched home. Javier Sanoja came up next and lined a grand-slam home run barely over the left-field wall on a 1-1 pitch with Marsee, Norby and Mack on base. Edwards then powered a solo homer to left-center field on a 1-0 count for his fifth home run of the season. 

Christian Roa Claimed By Cubs

     The Chicago Cubs have claimed pitcher Christian Roa off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. He did not pitch in the majors with the Orioles after being claimed by Baltimore last week from the Minnesota Twins. Roa did make seven appearances with the Houston Astros earlier this season. 

     Roa made his Major League Baseball debut with the Miami Marlins in 2025. He pitched two shutout innings for a 0.00 earned run average in two games with the Fish. 

Inter Miami CF Stop Portland Timbers

     Inter Miami CF topped the Portland Timbers 2-0 at Nu Stadium on Sunday night. It turned out to be the first victory for the Herons in their new venue. They now have a 1-1-3 record in their five contests at the new Miami stadium. 

     It was just the third time both teams faced each other in Major League Soccer. The Timbers made their second South Florida appearance since they played the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in Lockhart Stadium at Fort Lauderdale in the North American Soccer League on June 5, 1982. 

     Inter Miami CF(8-2-4) pulled out to a 1-0 lead in the 31st minute. Telasco Segovia slipped a heel kick to the middle of the field and Lionel Messi put in an eight-yard shot with his left foot. 

     Portland(4-7-2) gave up another goal in the 42nd minute of play and trailed 2-0. Messi dribbled into the penalty area and then made a square pass to his left with the outside of his left foot. German Berterame booted in a right-footed shot from nine yards out.