Cumulus Media Grand Rapids
General Contest Rules
- The following General Contest Rules shall apply to all contests sponsored and/or organized by Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc (hereinafter “Cumulus Media”).
- The following rules, and contest specific rules, are available Monday through Friday during normal business hours at60 Monroe Center St NW, Suite 400, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 and at https://1053hotfm.com.
- NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS APPLY.
- This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents that reside within a 100-mile radius from the Grand Rapids Office, age eighteen (18) years or older (twenty-one (21) years or older for contest affiliated with an alcoholic beverage manufacturer or distributor, or includes hotel accommodations and/or air travel) at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30-days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 30-days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30-days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the 30-days. Void where prohibited by law
a. All contestants must be at least 18 years old to be eligible for contests that are not affiliated with an alcoholic beverage manufacturer or distributor, or that include hotel accommodations and/or air travel.
b. All contestants must be at least 21 years old to be eligible for all contests affiliated with an alcoholic beverage manufacturer or distributor, or that include hotel accommodations and/or air travel.
- One entry per household. A “household” is determined as any individuals residing at the same address. After winning a contest on a Cumulus Media station, the individual/household is ineligible to win all other contests on a Cumulus Media station for a period of thirty (30) days. All individuals/households receiving a prize(s) valued at equal to or greater than $600.00 from a Cumulus Media station may be issued a 1099 Federal Income Tax Form by Cumulus Media.
- For telephone contests, in the event a caller is disconnected during a contest before his/her name and phone number is recorded, then the prize will be awarded to the next caller whose name and phone number are recorded. The person operating the telephone at the Cumulus Media station has the final decision as to who is the winning caller.
- For contests requiring an entry, they may be entered via the contest page on the Cumulus Media stations’ website: https://1053hotfm.com. All entries become property of Cumulus Media and will not be returned. Cumulus Media reserves the right to retain any or all contest materials for any reason that Cumulus Media deems crucial to the completion of the contest, or reasons relating to publicity and/or advertising. Cumulus Media shall have no responsibility for failure to win or claim any prize based on difficulties with telephone, facsimile, email, or internet difficulties, or any circumstances in any contest.
- Any specific rules and/or restrictions pertaining to individual contests (entry dates, a limit on number or words on an entry, etc.) will be posted at the link above and/or disclosed in on-air announcements.
- Unless otherwise directed by station personnel in writing, all prizes must be picked up at Cumulus Media during regular business hours within thirty (30) days of notification to the winner, or the prizes will be forfeited. Cumulus Media assumes no liability for the delivery of prizes. In the event of concert tickets, Cumulus Media may choose to hold the tickets until the event date or require the winner to retrieve their tickets from the related “will call” window for the specific event.
- Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS 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 may be notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. 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) to claim the 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 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
- The Cumulus Media stations, all participating co-sponsor companies and their advertising and promotional agencies absolve themselves and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any station contest or prizes awarded in any station contest. Cumulus Media makes no warranties of any kind with respect to the prize, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Cumulus Media hereby expressly disclaims any and all such warranties.
- The winner expressly releases Cumulus Media, and any sponsors of the contest, and their respective officers, directors, agents, parent companies, subsidiaries, and employees, from any and all claims, demands and/or causes of action of any nature or kind whatsoever, whether presently known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, that he/she may have, or may subsequently acquire, as a result of participating in the contest and/or receipt of the prize. Winners maybe required to sign a release form and affidavit of eligibility to claim their prize. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of prize.
- The winner agrees to allow Cumulus Media and its designees the right to use winner’s name, likeness, portrait, recorded voice and/or biographical material for an unlimited period of time in order to advertise, promote or publicize the station and/or the products and services of any of its designees.
- Employees and families of Cumulus Media, all participating co-sponsor companies and their advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible. Employees of all other area radio stations 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 stepparents, siblings and stepsiblings, 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.
- All prizes are non-transferable, may not be sold, and are not redeemable for cash. Cumulus Media reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value. Cumulus Media cannot be held responsible for unforeseen cancellations or delays of concerts/events or transportation caused by weather, promoter, or performer.
- Winners are solely responsible for all applicable local, state, and federal taxes. Winner may be issued a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won in contests from Cumulus Media and/or participating co-sponsors exceeds $600.00.
- Cumulus Media assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. Cumulus Media, their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each absolve themselves and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
- Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests heard on a Cumulus Media station’s internet audio stream are slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 45 seconds or more. This means that when Cumulus Media station contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 10 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.
- All giveaways and contests are void where prohibited by law. All local, state, and federal regulations apply. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, Cumulus Media reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of Cumulus Media management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant Cumulus Media reserves the right to disqualify any winner if the contest rules have been violated in any way. Cumulus Media reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. All decisions of Cumulus Media are final.
- Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) 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; (c) 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 (d) 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. SOMEJURISDICTIONS 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 Station 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 the 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 therein, 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.
