iHeart Podcast Awards Nominees
• iHeartMedia announced the nominees for the 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, which will be held on Friday, January 17 at 8pm PT at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles. Fans across the country will also be able to tune in to the second annual live awards event via a LiveXLive stream and on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide. The event will honor the most entertaining and innovative podcasts of 2019 and will span 30 categories, celebrating the incredible talent and wide variety of leaders across the booming podcasting industry.
The nominees for “Best Podcast of the Year” are The Daily, The Joe Rogan Experience, Stuff You Should Know, My Favorite Murder,Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, Revisionist History, The Ron Burgundy Podcast, The Dropout, The Shrink Next Door and The Read.
Additional nominees include podcasts from all creators, distributors and platforms with a panel of blue-ribbon podcast industry leaders, creatives and visionaries determining the winners across categories including Music, Comedy, Crime, News, Sports & Recreation, Food, Business & Finance and more. Podcast fans will once again decide the winner of the “Best Podcast of the Year” award through social voting on Twitter from now through January 10. More information can be found at iHeartPodcastAwards.com.
The iHeartRadio Podcast Awardswill also present three Icon Awards to pay tribute to the creators, organizations and podcasts that have made groundbreaking contributions to podcasting’s expanding role in today’s popular culture. The winners of the 2020 Pioneer Award, Social Impact Award and Innovator Award will be announced at a later date.
