102.5 WIOG’S “BABY IDOL” Contest 2017
Official Rules
A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station WIOG (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. or one of its subsidiaries, 1740 Champagne Drive North, Saginaw, MI 48604, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.
The Station will conduct the “102.5 WIOG BABY IDOL” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
- No purchase is necessary. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
- Eligibility. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents age twenty one (21) years or older at the time of entry who are the parents or legal guardians of children who are thirty-five (35) months or younger (each an “Eligible Child”) as of the start of the Contest Period (as defined below). Entrants must have a valid Social Security number and reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who (i) have not won a prize from the Station in the last 90 days, nor won a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 180 days, and (ii) whose immediate family members or household members (both as defined below) have not won a prize from the Station in the last 90 days, nor won a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 180 days. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s 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 Sponsor’s 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.
- Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 8:30am ET on February 21, 2017 and will run through 11:59pm ET on March 20, 2017 (the “Contest Period”). The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
- How to Enter. You will automatically be entered into the Contest once you complete the following:
(i) Online: Visit the Station’s website www.wiog.com during the Contest Period and click on the “Contest” link, (ii) click on the “WIOG Baby Idol” Contest link, and (iii) complete an entry form, including uploading a photo (“Photograph”) of your Eligible Child. Entrants warrant and represent that they have permission from all subjects within the Photograph to submit such Photographs for all purposes of this Contest. All entries must be received by 11:59pm ET on February 26, 2017; provided, that only the first 500 eligible entries will be accepted in the Contest. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address. 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. Station is 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 Station and will not be returned. Station reserves 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.
- Winner Selection. At approximately 7:00am ET on February 28, 2017, the Photographs submitted with the first 500 eligible entries received by the Station will be posted on the Station website. From 7:00am ET on February 28, 2017 through 11:59pm ET on March 12, 2017 (the “Voting Period”), listeners will be directed to the Station’s website to cast their vote for the Photograph of the Eligible Child whom they want to win the title of Baby Idol. Limit one (1) vote per email account per day during the Voting Period. Multiple votes will be disqualified. Use of any automated system to cast votes is strictly prohibited and use of any website that allows buying, selling or trading votes will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest. After the close of the Voting Period, Station will calculate the votes cast for each Eligible Child.
At approximately 5PM on March 20, 2017, Station will hold a cake cutting event at Stardust Lanes located at 3750 Bay Road in Saginaw, MI to determine which Eligible Child will win the title of Baby Idol. Those entrants whose Eligible Child receives the top ten votes must be present to qualify for the Grand Prize. Each top 10 qualifier will be assigned a color once they arrive at Stardust Lanes. The Station will cut the cake to reveal the winning color and announce the entrant/Eligible Child assigned that color as having received the most votes and thereby the winner of the Grand Prize. Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner is final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.
- Verification of Potential Winner. POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her 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 the prize 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, Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
- Grand Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in this Contest. The Grand Prize consists of $5,000 in an educational trust account with a 120-month maturity from United Financial Credit Union. Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time. Station reserves the right to substitute any listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Grand Prize winner will also receive a photography package by Amber Henry Photography valued up to $1,500. Photography package includes:
Bliss personalized baby portrait session at its studio location, up to two (2) hours of baby portraiture at the studio or a local location (siblings are welcome); up to three (3) outfit changes; online gallery of 40-60 lightly retouched images; special edits of artist choice; personalized in-studio viewing/ordering session when images are finished.
“Baby Bliss” collection consisting of (i) USB of 30-40 advanced edited images with release for personal use; (ii) 12×18 wall canvas of favorite image; and (iii) 8×12 “darling” – satin wrapped, thick page, finished album with first 10 sides. - Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant agrees as follows: (a) to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest, (b) to release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media Inc., and its subsidiaries, related and 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, agent 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 other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; (c) participant is the true and rightful owner of the Photograph and has the full right and authority to enter this Contest in favor of the Released Parties; (d) to give to the Released Parties and their licensees, successors, and assigns a non-exclusive, worldwide and perpetual license to use, re-use, broadcast, and publish the Photograph, as well as participant’s name, biographical and other information in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched or distorted in character or form, for any reason that the Released Parties deem necessary without compensation, including for advertising, promotional, and related purposes in connection with the activities or promotion of the Contest, unless prohibited by law; and further agrees to release, discharge, and hold the Released Parties harmless from any and all claims participant may have against the Released Parties in connection with the use of the Photograph, participant’s name, and/or city of residence, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched, or distorted in character or form and without restrictions as to any changes, transformations or alterations thereto; and (e) to 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 participant’s participation in the Contest and/or participant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of any prize.
- Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to Station’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
- 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.
- General Conditions. Station 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 Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station 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 any other promotion or 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, Station reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which 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. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Contest, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance or completion of the Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, Station, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical, programming or any other reason causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available or claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
- Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, other than those concerning the administration of the Contest or the determination of the winner, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) 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 Station’s listening area; (iii) 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 (iv) under no circumstances 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 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, 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 Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Station is located.
- Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s 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 on or within, shall become the sole property of Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion. Station 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 Station’s website.
- Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained after May 25, 2016 by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Contest Sponsor identified below.
CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WIOG, 1740 Champagne Drive North, Saginaw, MI 48604
PRIZE PROVIDER: United Financial Credit Union, 4685 State St, Saginaw, MI 48603