Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the Emmys and so many more live events, has been tapped to produce the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This year’s event takes place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater on Thursday, March 26, and will air live on Fox that evening at 8 p.m. ET.
The company’s Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannaé Rouzan-Clay will executive produce for Jesse Collins Entertainment, while iHeartMedia’s John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Bart Peters are also executive producers.
“For years Jesse Collins and his team have consistently reimaged how to connect audiences with live music events,” said Sykes, who is the president, entertainment enterprises, at iHeartMedia. “We’re excited to collaborate with JCE to create a night that connects our iHeartRadio listeners to the artists and songs they loved listening to all year long on the radio.”
Collins recently served as a producer on the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The company has produced the last three Emmy awards, and has also been behind major events such as the BET Awards, American Music Awards, Beyoncé Bowl (at the NFL 2024 Christmas Game), Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party, the 95th Major League Baseball All-Star Game Pre-Game Show and more.
Collins is the CEO and founder of Jesse Collins Entertainment; Harmon, also executive producer of all Jesse Collins Entertainment programming, is president of the shingle, while Rouzan-Clay is senior vice president of specials. Other recent productions have included Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” and “Star Search,” We TV’s new reality show “Tia Mowry: My Next Act,” the BET Hip Hop Awards and CBS’ revival of “Hollywood Squares.”
Other big events include Soul Train Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors, UNCF’s An Evening of Stars and ABFF Honors. There’s also celebrity.land’s “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom,” “A Grammy Salute to the Sounds of Change,” “Stand Up for Heroes,” “Dear Mama,” “Amanda Seales: I Be Knowin’,” “Def Comedy Jam 25”; “Leslie Jones: Time Machine,” “The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular” and “Rip the Runway.”
As for the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the event is now in its 13th year and recognizes the most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2025. Past performers have included Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Camila Cabello, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Jason Aldean, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Sam Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Blake Shelton, Pharrell, Pitbull, Justin Bieber and more.
JCE is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman.
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