Premio Lo Nuestro 2009 was held on Thursday March 26, 2009 at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. It is broadcast live by Univision Network. The nominees were announced on Wednesday January 14, 2009 during a live televised morning show Despierta América! on Univision Network. The show featured a short speech in both English and Spanish by U.S. president Barack Obama, the first time since his 2008 election campaign in which he utilized the Spanish language for a mass audience.