# Audacy, Inc.

> Audacy is a privately held American audio and entertainment company that combines more than 220 local radio stations, a large podcast operation, live events, a streaming platform and advertising technology. Its consumer audience spans news, sports and music listeners, while its paying customers are national, regional and local marketers seeking trusted talent, geographic reach, targeting and measurable campaign results. After completing a court-supervised restructuring in 2024, Audacy has widened distribution through partners including iHeartMedia, Sonos and SiriusXM while developing newer marketing services around attribution, creator campaigns and AI-search visibility.

- **Founded:** 1968
- **Headquarters:** Philadelphia, United States
- **Founders:** Joseph M. Field (Founder)
- **Team size:** More than 4,000 employees according to Audacy; LinkedIn lists the company in the 1,001–5,000 employee range.
- **Products:** Broadcast radio portfolio, Audacy app and web platform, Audacy Podcasts, Audacy Sports, Audacy Digital Audience Network
- **Notable:** Built one of the two scaled U.S. commercial radio groups, with more than 220 stations and presence across major markets., Reports more than 200 million monthly listeners across broadcast, podcasts, digital experiences and live events., Reports approximately 2 billion annual podcast downloads and 60 million monthly digital-audio users.

## Products & services

- **Broadcast radio portfolio** — More than 220 local radio stations spanning music, sports, news and talk, including WFAN, KROQ and 1010 WINS.
- **Audacy app and web platform** — Free live and on-demand access to broadcast and affiliate stations, podcasts, video, interviews and exclusive streaming stations across connected devices.
- **Audacy Podcasts** — Podcast creation, audience development, distribution and advertising sales across entertainment, sports, true crime, news, history and lifestyle.
- **Audacy Sports** — A combined portfolio of local sports stations, national networks, team play-by-play rights, podcasts, streaming channels and video programming.
- **Audacy Digital Audience Network** — Digital audio inventory, ad decisioning and programmatic monetization supported by the AmperWave platform for owned and partner publishers.
- **Integrated advertising solutions** — Broadcast, podcast, streaming, social, influencer, branded-content, events, data, analytics, attribution and digital marketing services for businesses and agencies.
- **NextNet AI** — An AI-search discoverability service for local and regional businesses developed with Next Net.
- **Live events** — Station concerts, fan experiences, community events and branded activations that extend on-air relationships into physical venues.

## Achievements

- Built one of the two scaled U.S. commercial radio groups, with more than 220 stations and presence across major markets.
- Reports more than 200 million monthly listeners across broadcast, podcasts, digital experiences and live events.
- Reports approximately 2 billion annual podcast downloads and 60 million monthly digital-audio users.
- Merged with CBS Radio in 2017, substantially expanding its national broadcast footprint.
- Acquired Pineapple Street Media and Cadence13 in 2019 to establish a major podcast production and sales operation.
- Completed a financial restructuring in September 2024 that reduced funded debt from about $1.9 billion to about $350 million.
- Expanded its stations to iHeartRadio in 2025 and announced further distribution through Sonos Radio and SiriusXM in 2026.
- Launched an FM all-sports station in Los Angeles in 2026, giving Audacy local sports brands in all top 10 U.S. markets.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Audacy and SiriusXM announced that 42 Audacy sports, news and talk stations from 29 markets will join SiriusXM.
- **2026-04** — Audacy launched 97.1 The Fan in Los Angeles, its first FM all-sports brand in that market.
- **2026-04** — Walker Jacobs and Gabriel Brotman joined Audacy's board of directors.
- **2026-02** — Audacy became Sonos Radio's exclusive U.S. sales and distribution representative for streaming inventory.
- **2026-01** — Audacy partnered with Podscribe to enhance attribution across digital audio and broadcast advertising.
- **2026-01** — Audacy and Next Net introduced an AI-search discoverability service for local and regional businesses.
- **2025-09** — Audacy and MOGL announced an NIL marketing partnership built around college-athlete influencers.
- **2025-06** — Audacy's full broadcast portfolio became available on the iHeartRadio app.

## Links

- Website: https://audacyinc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/audacy-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/audacy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Audacy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audacy/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/audacycorp
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@audacy

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Last updated: 2026-08-13