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 stated herein. Void outside Station’s Total
Survey Area and where prohibited. Do not enter this contest if you are not
located in the
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.
The Contests are administered by the Company and any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the contest administrator, unless otherwise specified. Entrant(s) acknowledges and understands that any information provided will be used for administering the Contest and in accordance with Clear Channel privacy practices found here. The Contests sponsor(s), promotional partners and administrator is herein collectively referred to as the Contest Entities.
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.
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.
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. Conditions and restrictions may
apply.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. Winners are solely responsible for any
taxes on their respective prizes. No
cash equivalent or substitution of any prize is offered, except at the sole
discretion of the Company. If
a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Company
reserves the right to substitute such prize with another prize of equal or
greater value, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. Winner(s) mustpresent state authorized identification prior
to being awarded the prize. 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. Certain
prizes are date specific (i.e. concerts, trips) and the winner or winners must
be available on the dates specified. If the winner is not available on the specified dates,
winner will be disqualified and the Company reserves the right to choose an
alternative grand prize winner. Certain prizes which are date specific such as
event or concert tickets,Company
is not responsible for the cancellation or rescheduling of any event and no
substitution or compensation shall be awarded. Company
reserves the right to not award the grand prize associated with that canceled
event or concert, without any payment or obligation to the winner or potential
winner. Location
of seats and tickets are in Company’s sole discretion. ALL PRIZES ARE AWARDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE), AND ALL SUCH
WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. No more than the advertised number of
prizes will be awarded.
Prize Conditions and Restrictions: The Grand Prize is subject to certain terms
and conditions as specified herein. Winner and guest must comply with all rules
and regulations. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of prize in its
entirety. The prize elements will be awarded as described herein (subject to
legal restrictions, etc). If the winner is disqualified or is found to be
ineligible for the contest, the Company reserves the right to determine an
alternate winner or not to award the prize, at its sole discretion. By accepting the prize, Grand Prize
Winner must agree to the prize conditions on participation and must sign a
release to be eligible to receive a prize and hereby agrees that: (i) that all
decisions of the Company, judges, and Contest Entities with respect to the
Contest are final and binding; (ii) to release the Company, Station and
sponsors and their respective parent companies and affiliates, officers,
directors, employees, agents, and licensees from any and all claims in connection
with the Contest and the award or use of the prizes; (iii) to allow the Company
to and sponsors to use their names, voices, photographs, likenesses,
biographical material, in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to
this contest, without additional financial or other compensation; and (iv)
where allowed by law, sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to
acceptance of the prize. The
Contest Entities are not responsible or liable to any entrant or winner or any
person claiming through such entrant or winner for failure to supply the prize
or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation,
order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or
not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment
failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of
public enemy, earthquake, volcanic eruption, war (declared or undeclared),
fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo,
labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal) labor or material shortage,
transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance,
insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond the Contest Entities’ sole
control. All other costs and
expenses related to prize acceptance and use not specified in the contest’s official rules as being provided are the sole
responsibility of Grand Prize winner. Station does not make, and is not
responsible in any manner for, any warranties, representations, or guarantees,
express or implied, in fact or law, relating to any prizes, regarding the use,
value or enjoyment of the prize, including, without limitation, its quality,
mechanical condition, or fitness for a particular purpose. The Station will
have no further obligation to winner.
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. Subject
to the specific contest rules, in general, all contestants must be at least 21
years old to be eligible for all contests affiliated with an alcoholic beverage
manufacturer or distributor and must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to
participate in contests that include hotel/motel accommodations, motor
vehicles, boats, and/or air travel as prizes. 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 byArbitron. 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. On occasion
participant may have the opportunity to opt-in with carefully selected third
parties such as the promotional partners, who may offer you products and
services of interest with your expressed consent. In the event that participant has
agreed to any available opt in
opportunities provided from a third party, that may or may not be associated
with this Contest, participant
understands and acknowledges that information (including participant’s
personally identifiable information) provided will be collected independently
by Clear Channel (the Company) and the third party providing the opt in
opportunity and individually be used by both companies subject to the terms of
their respective privacy policies. Any
available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Contest, and consent
to opt-in will not improve your chances of winning.
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
in the Rules 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 or amend any of these rules in its sole discretion. Any reference in these Official Rules
or as part of the Contest to The Company’s, Station’s and/or Sponsor's
"discretion" and/or any exercise of discretion by Sponsor, Station or
the Company shall mean in Company’s, Station’s and/or Sponsor's "sole and
unfettered 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. Specific contests may have additional
or amended contest rules, these rules are to be referenced for the Company’s
general contesting rules, refer to the specific contest’s Official Rules for
the individual terms. 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 from the participating stations. 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. Participation in the Contest
constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of
the Contest’s Official Rules. Winning a prize is contingent upon entrant’s
fulfillment of all requirements set forth therein.
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.
