Below is a sample press release template your team can customize to share the news of your Signal Award win with local and national news outlets.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Spokesperson name)
Phone: (Spokesperson phone)
Email: (Spokesperson email)
[NAME OF WINNER] NAMED WINNER FOR BEST [CATEGORY] IN THE [TYPE: SHOWS, / LIMITED SERIES & SPECIALS / BRANDED SHOWS & ADVERTISING / INDIVIDUAL EPISODES] CATEGORY IN THE 3RD ANNUAL SIGNAL AWARDS, RECOGNIZING THE PODCASTS THAT DEFINE CULTURE.
[CITY, Day Month Year] – Today [Name of Winning Show, Episode or Series] was named a Winner in the 3rd Annual Signal Awards for best [Category].
Winners of the prestigious distinction are selected by the Signal Awards Judging Academy which includes notable on-mic talent such as On Purpose host Jay Shetty, host of The Dream Jane Marie and Dan Taberski host of Hysterical as well as industry leadership including Jonathan Hirsch, VP Global Podcasts at Sony Music, Chris Bannon the SVP, Head of Global Audio at Condé Nast and Jessica Cordova Kramer the CEO & Founder of Lemonada Media.
The Signal Awards set a standard for editorial excellence by honoring the organizations, artists, mavericks and brands who are shaping the podcast industry, and the storytelling medium. Each year, The Signal Awards present Gold, Silver and Bronze Award Winners, and the listening public votes for their favorite Finalists to take home the additional honor of Listener’s Choice Award in each category. Garnering more than 170,000 public votes in just two weeks from nearly 75,000 fans around the world, the 2024 Listener’s Choice Awards drew the largest voting body in The Signal Awards’ three-history, reaffirming the growing prevalence that podcasts and their creators have in listeners’ life patterns and daily routines.
“[Name of Winning Show, Episode or Series] made an impression on the Judging Academy,” said Jemma Brown, General Manager of The Signal Awards. “This award is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.”
About [Name of Winning Show, Episode or Series]
[Insert boilerplate about the Winning Show and Organization/Creators here]
About The Signal Awards
The Signal Awards are mission-focused on uplifting the podcast medium by recognizing the most potent, meaningful and unprecedented audio projects being made today. Now in its third year, entrants to The Signal Awards are reviewed by The Signal Awards Judging Academy, an esteemed collective made up of the architects, instigators and trailblazers of the medium. Once a year, The Academy collectively listens closely to thousands of hours of audio, selecting the strongest work to be elevated to the status of award-winning.