GENERAL CONTESTING RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING. Open to legal residents of the United
States who are 18 years of age or older (unless otherwise specified). Void outside Station’s Total Survey Area and where
prohibited. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries
received during the Contest Period.
Clear Channel
Broadcasting, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (together, the
“Company”), will conduct its contests substantially as described in these
general contesting rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as
follows:
The Company may
from time to time conduct contests concurrently and simultaneously on several
participating radio stations owned and not owned by the Company, and in various
States, and the Company may add or remove participating stations or change call
letters of any participating station at any time during a contest as announced
on the affected station. For a list of
participating stations for each individual contest, please visit the offices of
this Station during normal business hours.
1.
Description of Contest/Participation.
A. Dates of Contest: Contests will vary from contest to contest as
determined by the Station, please refer to each contest’s official rules for
the “Contest Period”.
B. How to Enter: Listen to the Station for details on specific contests.
The entry methods will vary from contest to contest as determined
by the Station, please refer to each contest’s official rules on how to enter
and the deadline for entry.
All Entries become
the property of Company and will not be returned. Company is not responsible for lost, late,
illegible, misdirected, mutilated, postage-due or incomplete entries or
mail. Should multiple users of the same
e-mail account or mobile phone number, as applicable, enter the Contest and a dispute
thereafter arise regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account
holder of said e-mail account or mobile phone account at the time of entry will
be considered the entrant. “Authorized
account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail
address or mobile phone number by an Internet access provider, on-line service
provider, mobile service provider or other organization which is responsible
for assigning e-mail addresses, mobile phone numbers or the domain associated
with the submitted e-mail address.
C. How to Play and Winner Selection: Listen
to the Station for
details on specific contests. Entrant participation and how the winner will be
determined will vary depending on the contest as
established by the Station. Please refer to the individual contest’s official
rules for specifics on participation and how a winner will be determined. The Company
is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or
telephone number of entrants. Notification
is deemed to have occurred immediately upon placing of a phone call or sending
of an e-mail. The Company is not obligated to leave voice mail, answering
machine or other message. The Contest/Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible
for and shall not be liable for late, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to
notify potential winners or for any late, misdirected, or if the potential
winner is a minor, for late, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts of potential
winner to provide signed parental or guardian consent.
2.
Prize(s). Conditions and restrictions may apply. The total approximate
retail value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize will vary from
contest to contest as determined by the Station; refer to each
contest’s official rules for prize descriptions, value and conditions. The prize(s) that
may be awarded to the eligible winner(s) are not transferable, redeemable for
cash or exchangeable for any other prize, except in Company’s sole discretion. All prizes must be
redeemed from the Station within 30 days of the contest end date unless
otherwise stated in the contest’s official rules. Certain prizes are date specific (i.e.
concerts, trips) and the winner or winners must be available on the dates
specified. If a winner cannot be
contacted or is disqualified for any reason, the Company reserves the right to
determine an alternate winner or not to award that winner’s prize, in its sole
discretion. In the event prizes are
event tickets, Company is not responsible for the cancellation or rescheduling
of any event and no substitution or compensation shall be awarded, in Company’s
sole discretion. Location of seats and tickets are in Company’s sole
discretion. No more
than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded.
Trip Prize Conditions: If a trip prize is awarded, prize includes
round-trip, coach class air transportation for winner from a major commercial
airport near winner’s home to the destination and a double occupancy standard
hotel room as specified in the official contest rules. Actual value of trip may vary based on point
of departure and airfare fluctuations.
Any difference between stated approximate retail value and actual value
of Prize will not be awarded and is specified in the Official Contest Rules. Selection of airline and hotel are solely
within Company’s discretion. Meals,
gratuities, luggage fees, incidental hotel charges and any other travel-related
expenses not specified herein are the sole responsibility of winner. All travel must be taken on dates specified
or prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate; no alternative
travel dates are available. Exact travel
dates and arrangements subject to availability.
Winner and travel guest(s) must travel on same itinerary. If winner is eligible, but a minor in his/her
state of residence, the travel guest must be winner’s parent or legal
guardian. A minor may accompany winner
as a travel guest only if the winner is the minor’s parent or legal
guardian. Minors must be accompanied at
all times during trip (including, but not limited to, in-flight, hotel stay and
all prize-related events) by minor’s parent or legal guardian. Travel guests must sign and return a travel
release before any ticketing of travel occurs.
Winner and guest must have all necessary identification and/or travel
documents (e.g., a valid U.S.
driver’s license) required for travel.
3. Eligibility
and Limitations. Participants and
winner(s) must be legal residents of the 50 U.S. or D.C. The age limit will vary from contest to
contest as determined by the Station, please refer to each contest’s official
rules. No one under the age of thirteen (13) will be permitted to
enter a contest under any circumstances. Participants and
winners must reside in the Station’s Total Survey Area (TSA) as defined by Arbitron. Commonly the TSA
represents a radio station's total listening audience in a geographic
area. If the
contest is open to minors, a parent or guardian of any participant who is a
minor must sign a release on behalf of the minor to be eligible to receive a
prize, but the Company reserves the right to refuse to award a prize to or on
behalf of any minor. Unless otherwise
stated in the official contest rules, only one (1) entry per person. Only one (1) prize per household for the
Contest for any thirty (30) day period.
If the contest involves listener participation by voting for a contest
participant on the station’s website then the voting is limited to one vote per
person. If a contestant receives
multiple and/or irregular votes from the same user or users, regardless of the
source, the Station reserves the right to disqualify the contestant in its sole
discretion. The potential prize winner and, if the
potential prize winner is under the age of the majority in their state of
residence (which is eighteen (18) in most states but is nineteen (19) in
Alabama and Nebraska and twenty-one (21) in Mississippi), the potential prize
winner's parent or guardian, may (in Company’s sole discretion) be required to
sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, release of liability and prize
acceptance agreement ("Prize Acceptance
Release of Liability and Publicity Release") within twenty four (24) hours after the
first (1st) delivery attempt to entrants e-mail address in order for the
potential prize winner to be qualified for the prize, unless otherwise stated
in the contest’s official rules. The potential prize winner's failure to return
all required forms within this time period may result in the potential winner
being disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected from all remaining
eligible entries. Employees of the Company, the Station, the
Contest’s participating sponsors and their advertising agencies, employees of
other radio or television stations, and members of the immediate family of any
such persons are not eligible to participate or win. The term “immediate family” includes spouses,
siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as
“in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption,
co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the
same household whether or not related.
4. Tampering and Delivery Disclaimer. (a) The Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the
right to disqualify and prohibit from participating any person, who The Company
determines (in its sole discretion) is or is attempting to: (i) tamper with The
Company’s Website and/or any part of the Contest; (ii) attempting to undermine
the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair
playing practices, (iii) intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any
other participants or The Company’s Agents; and/or (iv) otherwise violating
these Official Rules or the Terms of Use of The Company’s Website. (b) ANY
ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE COMPANY’S WEBSITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF) OR
UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE COMPANY AND ITS LICENSEES (IF
ANY) RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM
ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH ENTRANT (OR, IF THE ENTRANT IS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY IN
HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE, THE LEGAL GUARDIANS THEREOF) AGREES TO INDEMNIFY
AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AGENTS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL
CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES AND/OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS'
FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT MAY BE ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT
ANY TIME, IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE THEREOF, AND/OR BY ENTRANT’S BREACHES OF
ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST. If,
in The Company’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of fraud,
electronic or non-electronic tampering or unauthorized intervention with any
portion of this Contest, or if fraud or technical difficulties of any sort
(e.g., computer viruses, bugs) compromise the integrity of the Contest, The
Company reserves the right to void suspect Entry and/or evaluations and/or
terminate the Contest and award the Prize in its sole discretion. The use of
any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic
means that permits the participant to automatically enter or evaluate
repeatedly is prohibited. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an
entrant based on an email address, the entry in question may be disqualified. For all contests the Company disclaims all
liability for any delays, misdelivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any
item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery
method. The Company is not
responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone,
computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind,
including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online
entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website
or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's
ability to participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or
any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or
downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest. If a contest is a call in to win
contest and/or a telephone is needed to participate in the Contest,
participants are restricted to the use of ordinary telephone equipment.
Participants that enable the “Caller ID” block function will not be allowed to
participate unless they enter their correct area code and telephone number if
prompted, or disable the features inhibiting their participation in the
Contest. Participants using equipment not set up for toll free phone exchanges (800, 888, 877, 866,
etc.) may experience call connection problems. The Company disclaims all
liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue a
telephone call due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent
disconnections, acts beyond the Company’s control, or otherwise. Any entry
forms in a register-to-win contest must be
handwritten. Photocopies or mechanical reproductions of any entry forms are not
permitted. By participating in a contest in which text message-based
entry is permitted, entrants acknowledge that text messages are distributed and
delivered through third party providers; the Stations do not guarantee, and
shall not be responsible for, the delivery or timeliness of any text message
entry. Not all wireless carries support access to a common short code
(CSC). The CSC being used to enter a contest may or may not be compatible with
all wireless carriers, and as such, you may not be able to enter through the
CSC method of entry. Entrants may use the alternative entry method to ensure
registration. The Station will at all times consider the time that a message is
logged as arriving in its system as being the time of entry, regardless of the
time at which the entrant attempted to send the entry and any technical
problems or other complications that may have delayed its delivery. The
Station, through its third party text messaging administrators, will store all
messages received on its system, and will send participants reply texts
relating to the Contest throughout the Contest Period and up to 60 days. For help text HELP and to stop, text STOP to
the specified program short code and follow the instructions provided at the
entry process. Standard text and data rates will apply. The Station is not
responsible for service outages, message failures, transmission delays or any
other factor affecting the availability or performance of the text messaging
service. The Station further reserves the right to cancel, terminate
or modify the contest if, in the sole discretion of the Station, it is
impossible or impractical to complete the contest as planned for any reason,
including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort. The Station may
require, on request, proof of identity as to the rightful owner of the phone
number from which the text message entry was sent. The Station reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry if that entry's source
and sender cannot be reasonably determined. In the event of termination
of the Contest by Company, Company reserves the right to award any prize(s) in
a manner deemed fair and equitable by Company.
In no event will the type and quantity of prizes awarded exceed the
number of prizes described in the Contest Official Rules.
5. Voting
Contests. By participating in the
voting portion of any contest, each voting participant agrees to be bound by
the official contest rules. Voting is
limited to one vote per person/verified email address. If an entrant receives multiple and/or
irregular votes or multiple votes from the same user or users, including but
not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, other
automated means or other source, the
Station reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole
discretion. If the contest includes the use of an internet
tool and the internet voting process fails to operate properly or appears to be
tampered with or tainted with errors, fraud or unfair practices, the Company
reserves the right to use another means to determine the winner(s), i.e. random
selection or appointing a panel of judges.
All decisions of the judges are final.
6. Publicity;
Use of Personal Information. By
participating, where allowed by law, all winner(s) grant the Company exclusive
permission to use their names, characters, photographs, voices, and likenesses
in connection with promotion of this and other contests and waive any claims to
royalty, right, or remuneration for such use.
By participating in the Contest, where allowed by law, participants
agree that the Company may use such information for marketing purposes, and may
include the names of winners in a publicly available winners’ list. For more information about how the Company
will use information collected in connection with this Contest, please see
Company’s privacy policy located here.
7. Consumer
Created Content. If the entry for the contest includes any creative material from the
participant, including but not limited to, consumer created content, by
submitting your entry: (1) you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous,
unsolicited and without restriction and will not place the company or contest
sponsors under any fiduciary or other obligation, that the company is free to
disclose the ideas on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the
ideas without any additional compensation to you; (2) you acknowledge that, by acceptance of
your submission, the company and contest sponsors do not waive any rights to
use similar or related ideas previously known to sponsor, or developed by their
employees, or obtained from sources other than you; (3) you are verifying that
you are the owner and producer of the submitted material and that no third
party ownership rights exist to any material submitted, and (4) you are hereby
granting the company and the station a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to use,
publish, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have
distributed and promote such content in any form, in all media now known or
hereinafter created, anywhere in the world, for any purpose. BY SUBMITTING
ANY CONTENT, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER CONTENT MAY BE POSTED ON COMPANY’S
WEBSITE, IN COMPANY’S DISCRETION.
Content: (a) must comply with these Official Rules and any Terms of
Service on the Station website; (b) must be uploaded through the in format specified
and must comply with the posting requirements set forth above and as posted on
the Station website; (c) cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive,
unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious,
professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any
materially dangerous activity;
content cannot promote alcohol, illegal
drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any
activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political
agenda or message; (d) cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate
or hate group; (e) cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks
about Company or its products, or other people, products or companies; (f) cannot
contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or
promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any
personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail
addresses or street addresses; (g) cannot
contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs,
sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in
websites, television, movies or other media) without permission; Company does
not permit the infringement of others’ rights and any use of materials not
original to the entrant (except copyrighted materials owned by Company) is
grounds for disqualification from the Contest.
Do not copy your favorite movie, book or photo or include materials,
images, graphics, music or trademarks belonging to any third parties or
incorporate the names, voices, likeness or personas of any party other than
yourself unless you have obtained all rights necessary to permit you to use
same in connection with your content and grant the rights herein granted to Company;
(h) no background artwork should appear in an content unless it is an original
work of the entrant. Any artwork,
murals, etc. that can be seen in the content must be created solely by the
entrant or entrant must be the sole owner of all copyright interests therein;
(i) cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or
other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission; (j) cannot
communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or
goodwill to which Company wishes to associate; and (k) cannot depict, and
cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
CONSUMER CREATED CONTENT POSTED TO THE WEBSITE WERE NOT EDITED BY COMPANY
AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE
VIEWS OF COMPANY IN ANY MANNER. Any
waiver of any obligation hereunder by Company does not constitute a general
waiver of any obligation to entrants. Company reserves the right to waive the
Contest entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion. Company reserves the right, in its reasonable
discretion, during or upon completion of the Contest Period, to request that
any entrant resubmit his or her entry which fails to comply with the Contest
entry requirements prior to any judging or voting period. By submitting content you warrant and
represent that it: (a) is your original work, (b) has not been previously
published, (c) has not won previous awards, (d) does not infringe upon the
copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual
property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) that you have obtained
permission from a person who's name, likeness or voice is used in the content
and (f) and that publication of the content via various media including Web
posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Any such
entrant will indemnify and hold harmless, Company, its Stations, and agents from
any claims to the contrary. Any entrant
whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned
by the entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of persons, buildings,
trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use
including Company’s use of such content, in a form satisfactory to
administrator, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of entrant
as a winner. By accepting a prize, the
winner agrees that his or her content will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under
the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then
the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Company all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to his/her video, including all but not limited to
all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United
States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged. Winner
hereby waives in favor of Company, all rights of “Droit Moral” or “Moral Rights
of Authors” or any similar rights or principles of law that winner may now or
later have to their content. Company
reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning content, in its sole
discretion. Upon request of Company,
winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as
may be solely deemed by Company, reasonably necessary to establish the
ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the content and
of the copyrights transferred and “Moral Rights of Authors” waived under these
Official Rules. Should Company fail to
request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Company’s
rights and Company may at a later time request the assignment.
8. Release.
By participating in the Contest, each
participant and winner waives any and all claims of liability against the
Company, its employees and agents, the Contest’s sponsors and their respective
employees and agents, for any personal injury or loss which may occur from the
conduct of, or participation in, the Contest, or from the award, receipt and/or
use or misuse of any prize, including any travel related thereto. In order to receive a prize, participants
must sign an official waiver form provided by the Company.
9. Taxes. Any valuation of the prize(s) stated above is
based on available information provided to the Company, and the value of any
prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. Each winner is solely responsible for
reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes related to the prize(s) and
paying any expenses associated with any prize(s) which are not specifically
provided for in the official rules. Each
winner must provide the Company with valid identification and a valid taxpayer
identification number or social security number before any prize will be
awarded. Any person winning over $600 in prizes from
the Company will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a
copy of such form will be filed with the IRS.
10. Conduct
and Decisions. By participating in
the Contest, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Company
personnel. Persons who violate any rule,
gain unfair advantage in participating in the Contest, or obtain winner status
using fraudulent means will be disqualified.
Unsportsmanlike, disruptive, annoying, harassing or threatening behavior
is prohibited. The Company will
interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or
ambiguities concerning the rules or the Contest and the Company’s decisions
concerning such disputes shall be final.
If the conduct or outcome of the Contest is affected by human error, any
mechanical malfunctions or failures of any kind, intentional interference or
any event beyond the control of the Company, the Company reserves the right to
terminate this Contest, or make such other decisions regarding the outcome as
the Company deems appropriate. If, for any reason, more bona fide winners
come forward seeking to claim the Grand Prize, the winner may be selected in a
random drawing from among all persons making purportedly valid claims for the
Grand Prize. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant's sole and
exclusive remedy under such circumstances. No more than the advertised number
of prizes will be awarded. All decisions will be made by the
Company and are final. The Company may
waive any of these rules in its sole discretion. Any attempt by an entrant or any other
individual to deliberately circumvent, disrupt, damage or undermine the
legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws.
Should such an attempt be made, the Company reserves the right to seek civil
and/or criminal prosecution and/or damages from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
11. Miscellaneous. Void outside the Station Total Survey Area
and where prohibited. Odds of winning
depend upon the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Each winner must submit proof of eligibility
and sign the Company’s release form to claim the prize. The Company may substitute prizes, amend the
rules or discontinue the Contest at any time as announced on the
Station(s). The Company disclaims any
responsibility to notify participants of any aspect related to the conduct of
the Contest. For a copy of the rules, or
where required by law, a list of winners, visit the business office of the
Station during normal business hours or visit the Station’s website. All entries become the property of the Company
and will not be returned. As a condition
of participating in the Contest, participants agree (and agree to confirm in
writing): (a) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards
for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental,
consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket
expenses; (b) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest,
or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any
form of class action; and (c) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be
limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and
court costs.
12. Compliance
with Law. The conduct of the Contest
is governed by the applicable laws of the United States of America, which take
precedence over any rule to the contrary herein. Station(s) shall follow the applicable laws
for conducting contests, including notice to the state attorney general or
consumer affairs office, posting of a prize bond, furnishing lists of winners,
running specific on-air disclaimers, providing specific written information
about the Contest, etc. as required by applicable local and state law.