JD Crowley
J.D. Crowley is the Chief Digital Officer of Audacy. Audacy is a scaled, multi-platform audio content and
entertainment company with a leadership position in virtually every segment of the dynamic and growing
audio business—including broadcasting, podcasting, digital, network, live events, music, sports and news.
Audacy is also the #1 creator of original, premium audio content, engaging 200 million consumers each
month.
In this role, Crowley oversees and leads the development of strategy for the company’s digital portfolio,
which includes the Audacy app – home to thousands of stations and top podcasts. Crowley also oversees
Audacy’s podcast network, which includes Cadence13, an industry leader in podcast creation and
distribution, Pineapple Street Studios, an award-winning, renowned independent producer of top-rated
podcast content, and 2400Sports, Audacy’s sports podcast studio, as well as Podcorn, the company’s
newly acquired marketplace for brands to find and collaborate with the most relevant podcasters to create
native advertising and branded content at scale. Crowley also oversees the QL Gaming Group, which
includes the BetQL consumer subscription, predictive analytics, and premium sports betting content
platform.
Prior to joining Audacy (then Entercom), Crowley held various roles at CBS Corporation, including
Executive Vice President of Digital for CBS Radio and the Senior Vice President and General Manager of
Digital Media for CBS Television Distribution. He also co-founded and served as the Senior Vice President
of CBS Brand Studio, an in-house digital video and branded content studio that developed, produced and
distributed original content for dozens of leading national brand advertisers and streaming services, as well
as many of the company’s owned and operated television brands across the entertainment, news, lifestyle,
and health and wellness categories.
Previously, Crowley served as the Senior Supervising Producer at “Entertainment Tonight” and “The
Insider,” first for Paramount Domestic Television, and then for CBS. He began his career as a producer at
KCAL/KCBS Television in Los Angeles, and has developed and produced programming across genres
from daytime talk shows to news magazines, late-night television, and reality, investigative, and live events
formats.
Crowley has received multiple Emmy, Telly, Associated Press and Radio and Television News Awards. In
2010, he was named one of the “13 Under 30 Next-Generation Marketing Executives” by PromaxBDA.
Crowley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema and television and a Bachelor of Science degree in
visual anthropology from the University of Southern California.