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
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