Good Karma Brands acquires ESPN AM-1000

Good Karma Brands, which has been operating ESPN Radio sports/talk WMVP 1000-AM under a local marketing agreement since October 2019, has agreed to acquire the station from ESPN owner Walt Disney Co.

The deal announced Monday also includes the purchase of ESPN's WEPN in New York and KSPN in Los Angeles by the Milwaukee-based company. Terms were not disclosed. All three stations will remain ESPN Radio affiliates.

"These stations and teammates give us an expanded footprint and increased resources to help meet our mission of serving our teammates, fans and advertising partners at a best-in-class level," said Good Karma Brands founder and CEO Craig Karmazin.

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, ESPN 1000 ranked 24th with a 1.6 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 424,300.

At The Score: Ryan Porth, program director of sports/talk WPRT in Nashville, has been hired as assistant brand manager at WSCR 670-AM, the Audacy sports/talk station, starting Jan. 3.

"He will assist us in multiple facets - from organization, digital ideation and assisting all of us moving The Score brand forward into the future," said Mitch Rosen, operations director and brand manager of The Score.

Porth, a Cincinnati native who dreamed of becoming radio voice of the Cincinnati Reds, joined Nashville's The Game as a producer in 2012 and moved up to program director in 2016. He also served as executive producer of the Nashville Predators Radio Network.