A complete copy of these rules can be obtained by contacting radio stations WGRR and WRRM (each a “Stations” and collectively, “Stations”), 4805 Montgomery Rd. Suite 300 Cincinnati, OH 45212, during available business hours Monday through Friday, on the Stations’websites www.wgrr.com, www.purerock96.com and www.warm98.com,or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.
The Stations will conduct the 103.5 WGRR’s, 96 Rock and Warm 98.5 “Christmas Cash Contest” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each entrant agrees as follows:
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2. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chance of winning. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
Eligibility. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number and who reside in the Stations’ Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who have not won a prize from the Stations valued at $500 or more in the 90 days. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Susquehanna Radio LLC and Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Stations’ DMA, and the immediate family members and household members of all such employees are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren. The term “household members” refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Stations’ decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
3. Contest Period. The Contest entry period will begin at 7:00am ET onNovember 6, 2023 and will run weekdays through 11:59pm ET onDecember 1, 2023 (the “Contest Period”). The Stations’ computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
4. How to Enter.
Listen to each Station weekdays from 7:00am to 7:00pm ET during Contest Period for Stations to announce one (1) of up to thirty-three(33) rotating Secret Keywords. The Secret Keywords will be a City/Town in the state of Ohio, Indiana, or Kentucky, and will be disguised as a Thank You message that will be said on-air at or around the :05-minute mark of each hour during the Contest Period (each a “Contest Round”). For example, the Stations may say “We Love our listeners in Hamilton! Thanks for listening in Hamiltontoday.” In this example, the Secret Keyword would be “Hamilton.” When Stations announce the Secret Keyword during the Contest Round, visit a Stations’ “Secret Contest” webpageat www.wgrr.com/secretcontest, www.purerock96.com/secretcontestor www.warm98.com/secretcontest during the Contest Period, and complete an entry form including providing the Secret Keyword(s) spelled correctly. You must successfully submit the Secret Keyword(s) correctly spelled and your complete and accurate registration information must be received by Stations no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the same weekday that the Secret Keyword was announced to receive a valid entry. Incorrect, misspelled, late, and/or system rejected entries due to any technical misfunction will not be entered to win. Limit one (1) entry per person per keyword solicit/Contest Round, regardless of how many email addresses a person may possess and use. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Stations are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected registrations, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Stations and will not be returned. Stationsreserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose email address is submitted as part of this promotion. No mail-in entries will be accepted.
5. Winner Selection. On or about 12:00pm ET on December 4, 2023,Stations will select one (1) potential winner for the Grand Prize (as defined below) in a random drawing from among all valid entriesreceived by Stations during the Contest Period. Each winning entrant will be contacted using the email address and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of theserules). Stations’ decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within three (3) days of notification or failure to claim the prize within three (3) days of verification as a winner will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.
6. Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATIONS WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with allterms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner maybe notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Stations, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) to claim the prize, if applicable. A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will be deemed to have accepted the contest prize and thereafter will not be permitted to rescind their acceptance of theprize and/or return the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Stationsmay award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded.
7. Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in this Contest. The Grand Prize winner will receive:
(a) A check for $2500 (Two-Thousand Five Hundred) dollars.
The ARV of the Grand Prize is TWO-THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500).
TOTAL ARV OF ALL CONTEST PRIZES IS: TWO-THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500)
Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the ContestPeriod and listeners participating at any given time.
There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Stations may, in its sole discretion and to the extent permittedby law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash. The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on thedate(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards. Other restrictions may apply.
If any prize or a portion of any prize is postponed, cancelled, orotherwise unavailable due to disease, epidemic, pandemic, quarantine, any acts of government and/or any reason that is beyond the control of Stations or any Sponsor, then no substitution shall be provided. Stations and any Sponsors make no representation or warranty about the safety of any prize. By accepting and using aprize, each winner acknowledges and assumes all risks of acceptingand using the prize, and any other risks associated with the prize.
8. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Stations, which are binding and final in all matters relating tothis Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Stations, Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc., and each of their affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation,intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or otherintellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a entrant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the prize.
9. Publicity. Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s consent to use by the Stations and its agent of entrant’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, entry, and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
10. Taxes. All State, Local, Federal and/or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner. All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
11. General Conditions. Stations reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Stations’ reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Stations in its sole discretion. Stations reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Stations reserve the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Stations’ failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Stations, entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardwareor software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (d) technical or human error that mayoccur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other errorcauses more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Stations reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
13. Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or anyprizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Stations’ listening area; (c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (d) under nocircumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Stations in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Stations is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Stations is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Stations is located.
14. Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Stations’ Privacy Policy, which is available on theStations’ website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained therein, shall become the sole property of Stations to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion. Stations is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Stations’ website.
15. Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Stations identified below.
CONTEST SPONSOR(s): Susquehanna Radio LLC, WGRR-FM,4805 Montgomery Rd. Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH 45212. Susquehanna Radio LLC, WFTK-FM, 4805 Montgomery Rd. Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH 45212. Susquehanna Radio LLC, WRRM-FM, 4805 Montgomery Rd. Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH 45212.
