HOT Secret Sound Contest Rules

HOT 107.9’s Secret Sound Official Contest Rules

1. Introduction

This document outlines the official rules (“Rules”) for WJFX-FM’s (“Station”) “HOT 107.9 Secret Sound Contest” (“Contest”). These Rules govern all aspects of the Contest and supplement the Station’s General Contest Rules (“General Rules”), available at HOT1079FORTWAYNE.COM. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between these Rules and the General Rules, these Rules shall govern.

2. Agreement to Rules

By participating in the Contest, you (“Participant”) agree to be bound by these Rules and the General Rules, and by all decisions of the Station related thereto, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest.

3. No Purchase Necessary

A purchase is not necessary to enter or win a prize. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.

4. Eligibility

Geographical, Age and Parental Consent Requirements:

The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older and hold a valid state article of identification and reside or work within the listening area of the Station as defined by Nielsen and their defined TSA for the radio market of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, which includes the Indiana counties of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley and the Ohio counties of Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, Van Vert and Williams.

Contest Entity and Immediate Family Member Ineligibility:

Employees & former employees of Adams Radio Group, their subsidiaries or agents & their immediate family members may not participate in the contest and are not eligible to win. Former employees, their subsidiaries or agents & their immediate family members are ineligible for a period of 6 months after termination of their employment. Employees of other radio stations, contest sponsors or any agency involved with the production or distribution of materials for this contest and their immediate family members within the Station listening area may not participate and are not eligible to win. The term “Immediate family members” shall include spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws”, or by current or past marriage, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other familial extension.

Past Prize Winners:

Participants who have won a prize as part of a Contest put on by the Station or any Sponsor in the last 60 days are ineligible. No one individual can win the Secret Sound Game more than once during a contesting period.

Limit one (1) winner per household, per sixty (60) day period from any contest or contests on any Adams Radio Group station. Contestants or households are eligible to win a prize or prize package with a combined value of $500 or more only once per 12-month period. Further, a winner or household may not win a combination of cumulative prizes worth over $500 (for example, several pairs of concert tickets over the course of the year from one or more Adams stations). Once a winner or household reaches a $500 value in cumulative prizes, they are not able to win again for one year from the date of the last prize won.

1. How to Enter

Listen for the designated times (“Entry Times”) to call in. The Entry Times will be announced on-air and will be at 9:00am, 12:00pm, and 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time (“EST”), Monday through Friday (“Entry Period”). When you hear the cue to call, dial 260-748-4468 to participate in the HOT Secret Sound Contest. The ninth (9th) caller will have one (1) opportunity to listen to the “Secret Sound” and guess what it is. If the caller guesses correctly, they win the current cash jackpot, which starts at a minimum of $200 and increases with each incorrect guess.

1. Odds of Winning

The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries and participants received

1. Prizes

Each on-air winner will receive a minimum of $200 when they correctly identify the Secret Sound. (Max amount $1,000) Some jackpots may be more than $200, as the jackpot grows by $10 with each incorrect guess. No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize is permitted, except the Station reserves the right to substitute a prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is unavailable. Any difference between the actual value and the approximate retail value of any prize will not be awarded.

1. Contests that require a live action to win (i.e. first caller to telephone/text) represent an official contest only to listeners who hear the contest via the terrestrial broadcast signal on the radio. Online streaming listeners may not be able to participate equally in these contests due to the “delay” in the online streaming of the broadcast signal. The Station is not responsible for phone or internet malfunctions or delays that interfere with contestant participation.
2. Contesting void where prohibited.
3. Contest winners are required to sign an affidavit/release prior to the receipt of contest prize(s).   All contestants are subject to federal, state, and local statutes and provisions, including Federal Communication Commission restrictions. Contest winner(s) will be responsible for all taxes incurred with the prize and must complete the proper tax documents prior to being awarded the prize(s). (i.e. W-9 and Form 1099)
4. All winning contestants must produce a valid state article of identification to claim their prize(s). All identification submitted to verify a winner is subject to acceptance by Adams Radio Group at its sole discretion. Identification that is counterfeit, illegible, tampered with or otherwise altered will not be accepted. Adams Radio Group can require presentation of original birth certificate, passport, Social Security card, valid driver’s license or other identification to verify the winner’s identity.
5. Any contestant falsifying their identity, giving false mailing / residential addresses, or providing phone numbers that are not their own in an attempt to circumvent contest rules will be permanently banned from taking part in any content on any Adams Radio Group station.
6. In the event that the winner is subject to, or the subject of, any order of legal process issued by any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner such as wage garnishment, child support order, judgment lien and the like, Adams Radio’s delivery of the prize to the official government entity claiming right to the prize shall be entitled to rely in good faith upon any documents presented by the representatives seeking to collect the prizes in lieu of the winner. Adams Radio shall not be liable for any claim by the winner for incidental damages related thereto.
7. Participation in the contest and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes entrant’s and/or winner’s (and guest’s, if applicable) agreement to release, discharge, and hold harmless: Adams Radio Group, LLC and all Adams Radio Group Subsidiaries, Shareholders, Directors, Officers or employees and successors or assigns thereof of Adams Radio Group, LLC.; the Promotion Entities and their respective officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives and all of their successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from any prize(s) awarded and participation in the Promotion, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death or damage to or loss of property, which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the contest, or delivery, possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of any prize or participation in any contest-related activity, including, but not limited to, any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery.
8. If for any reason this contest cannot be executed as planned, including but not limited to, as a result of infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Released Parties that corrupt or affect the security, administration, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest, or if the contest is compromised or becomes technically corrupted in any way, electronically or otherwise, the Station reserves the right to cancel, terminate, suspend and/or modify the contest. If the contest or promotion is terminated before the original end date, the Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion to, to modify the procedure for selecting winner(s), unless the nature of the event giving rise to such termination renders it impossible to select winner(s).
9. The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or promotion or in the announcement of a prize(s); (ii) incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, failure or omission; (iii) unauthorized human intervention; (iv) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete or late entries; (v) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties, telephone service outages, delays, busy signals, poor signals or signal interference, accidental disconnection or equipment malfunctions or any other technological problems or failures of any kind; or (vi) any cancellations, delays, diversions, substitutions or omissions whatsoever by any transportation providers or any other persons or entities providing any services to winner(s) (and guest(s), if applicable) including any results thereof such as changes in services or location necessitated by same. Further, the Released Parties are not responsible if any part of a contest prize cannot be awarded due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond the Released Parties’ control.
10. All prizes are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash. Prizes may not be sold on the open market after receipt by the winner. Failure to adhere to this will result in a ban from winning any future prizes from future Adams Radio Group contests. Winner must accept prize package as presented within sixty (60) days of notification. Failure to comply with this provision will result in forfeiture of the prize by the winner. In the event the winner forfeits his/her prize, the prize will become the property of Adams Radio Group and may be used for other purposes at our discretion.
11. If a concert or event for which Adams Radio Group has given away tickets is cancelled, for any reason, those tickets are null and void, and are not redeemable for cash, nor are they eligible to be exchanged for tickets to another concert or event.
12. Adams Radio Group reserves the right to disqualify any contestant if contest rules have been violated. By participating in the contest, all listeners, contestants, registrants and winners acknowledge Adams Radio Group as having the right to, without further authorization, reasonably use the winner’s name, voice, photo, likeness & biographical information, & that Adams Radio Group may use such for promotional purposes on-the-air without further financial remuneration. In addition, contest winners release Adams Radio, their subsidiaries, participating sponsors, their officers, directors, stockholders and employees from all claims, liabilities and damages arising directly or indirectly from award or use of the prizes.
13. Adams Radio Group reserves the right to alter the contest rules and/or contest date at any time. Copies of the rules can be found at Adams Radio Group at 2000 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46819 between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday – Friday or at hot1079fortwayne.com 24 hours a day.