“BBQ’s in Your Backyard 09” Contest
Official Promotional Rules
A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station KNRQ (the “Station”) owned and operated by Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, 1200 Executive Parkway Suite 440, Eugene, OR 97401, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.
The Station will conduct BBQ’s in Your Backyard 09 Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
1. No purchase is necessary. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
2. Only legal U.S. residents age 18 or older with a valid Social Security number at the time of entry are eligible to participate in Station contests.
3. All contests are open to the general public except for employees, agents, representatives, or affiliates of the Station, Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, and their respective affiliates, participating sponsors, and their immediate family members and household members. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents, children, grandchildren and cohabiting significant others.
4. An individual may win an on-going contest only once per six-month period unless otherwise specifically stated. An individual may win other seasonal or one-time contests only once for the duration of the contest.
5. The contest will begin on Thursday, May 21, 2009 and will run through Friday, September 18, 2009 (the “Contest Period”).
6. Listeners can register for the contest in any one of the following ways:
(a) By listening to the Station and being the correct caller number specified for that individual qualification opportunity to the Station at 541-684-0979 when solicited by the on-air personality.
(b) By mailing in an entry form found at any of the forty two (42) participating Dari Mart Convenience Stores in the Eugene, OR metro area. All entries must be received by midnight on September 17, 2009. Late, incomplete or illegible entries will be discarded.
(c) By submitting an entry form during the Station’s weekly Van Hit opportunities at a different Dari Mart Convenience Store each Thursday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. between May 21, 2009 and September 10, 2009. Listen to the Station during the Contest Period for details on specific Van Hit locations. All entries must be received by 1:00 p.m. One entrant will be randomly selected by the Station from each Van Hit opportunity as a Prize qualifier.
Entrants can qualify only once during the Contest Period. Limit one qualifier per household.
7. On seven (7) select dates during the Contest Period (see dates below), the Station will randomly select one entry form from all qualifying entries received by that date as a potential prize winner. If it is determined that the candidate is not eligible to receive the prize, in the Station’s sole judgment and discretion, another candidate will be selected for eligibility consultation and this process will continue on until such time as an eligible candidate is found. In the unlikely event that no candidates are found to meet the specifications, then the prize will go un-awarded. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by and at the Station’s sole discretion.
CONTEST AWARD DATES:
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, July 31, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.
8. Seven (7) Prizes will be awarded. Each Prize consists of a Gas BBQ Grill, a tank of propane gas, and $25 worth of hotdogs, buns and beverages. Each prize package is valued at $175.
9. 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.
10. All prizes are awarded “as is.” Prizes are nontransferable and cannot be exchanged, sold or redeemed for cash. No substitute prize will be awarded to a winner who declines to accept a prize.
11. Neither the Station nor Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, members, directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives shall be responsible for the failure of participating sponsors to deliver the prizes or any part thereof as described herein.
12. All entrants and winners agree that the Station, Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, and their parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives shall have no liability for any injury, misfortune, or damage to either persons or property incurred by entering, participating in, winning, or losing any contest and/or by the use or non-use of any prize received in connection with this contest.
13. All prizes must be claimed in person at the Station at the address identified above during regular business hours and within ten (10) business days of winning, excluding holidays. After such time, ownership of said prize reverts back to Cumulus Broadcasting LLC to be disposed of at its discretion. The winner then loses all claims and rights to said prize.
14. Proper identification must be presented by any winner to claim prize. As a condition to receiving the prize, any potential winner must complete and sign a Winner’s Affidavit and Release, releasing the Station, Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, members, directors, officers, and employees from all liability in connection with winner’s participation in the contest, acceptance, and use or non-use of the prize.
15. 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 the Station and Cumulus Broadcasting LLC to be used, disposed of or destroyed in their sole discretion. The Station and Cumulus Broadcasting LLC are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Station’s website.
16. All entrants and winners agree to give the Station and Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, and their licensees, affiliates, successors, and assigns the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use, re-use, broadcast, or publish my name, city of residence, photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched or distorted in character or form, and winner’s voice, recorded or live, for any reason the Station deems necessary without compensation, unless prohibited by law. All winners release, discharge, and agree to save harmless Cumulus Broadcasting LLC and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from any and all claims they may have against the Station or Cumulus Broadcasting LLC in connection with the taking, production, or the use of winners’ name, city of residence, any photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, 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, and including winners’ voices, recorded or live. All winners further acknowledge that Cumulus Broadcasting LLC owns or will own exclusively any photographs of such winners used for such purposes, including the copyrights in them, regardless of the form in which they have been or may be produced and used, and all winners assign all such ownership rights to Cumulus Broadcasting LLC.
17. By participating in the Contest, each participant agrees to receive email communications from the Station regarding Station events and contests. Any participant that opts-out of these mailings will also remove themselves from the contest. By participating in the Contest, where allowed by law, participants agree that the Station may disclose personal information obtained from participants in the Contest to third parties and use such information for marketing and other purposes.
18. By participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Station 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 Station will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or the Contest and the Station’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 Station, the Station reserves the right to terminate this Contest, or make such other decisions regarding the administration or outcome as the Station deems appropriate. All decisions will be made by the Station are final. The Station may waive any of these rules in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OR WEBSITES, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, STATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
19. The Station reserves the right to limit the number of times an individual may enter a contest or drawing.
20. The Station reserves the right to require contestants to be present at drawings in order to win their prize.
21. A winners list may be obtained after September 24, 2009, by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the following address: 1200 Executive Parkway Suite 440, Eugene, OR 97401
22. Participating Sponsors are: Coors Light, Dari Mart and Colombia Distributing
