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General Conest Rules


GENERAL CONTEST RULES

These are the rules governing all contests aired on WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM and its website wyxyclassic.com, unless otherwise specified. In the following rules, “WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM” means Saga Communications of IL, LLC d/b/a Illini Radio Group, which owns WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM:

  1. No purchase is necessary to enter any WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM contest.
  2. To be eligible to win any prize on WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM you must not have won anything on WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
  3. Anytime you call the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record it for later broadcast.
  4. As a winner of a WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM contest your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes without any compensation to you.
  5. Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
  6. All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM studios prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a IRS Form 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
  7. In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM’s delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as (WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM) awarding the prize to the winner. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
  8. All WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM contests are open to all eligible residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified) living within 75 miles of station transmitter(s). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM that will be presented to WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM and accepted before the prize is awarded. Employees of WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one-hundred mile radius of the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.
  9. Winners will be expected to claim physical prize(s) at the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM studios, 2603 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign IL, between 12:00pm – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.
  10. Where the prize(s) consists of paper tickets (“will-call tickets”) the winner will be directed to go to a specified address and retrieve the will-call tickets, and, by entering the contest, the contestant agrees to pick up will-call tickets and sign and deliver to WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM a waiver form as directed. Where the prize(s) consists of electronic (digital) concert or event tickets (“e-tickets”), the winner will receive an email from WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM with a hyperlink to an electronic waiver form that the winner must sign and return to the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM before the prize will be transferred to the winner.  The e-tickets will be transferred to the winner by WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM or, in some cases, by a third party (for example, Ticketmaster, LiveNation, etc.) and the winner must check his or her email account for an email or cellular mobile number for a text message from the ticket provider in order to download the e-tickets.  Where e-tickets are a prize, as a condition of entering the contest, redeeming and using e-tickets requires the winner (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, LiveNation, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to log into an existing user account or sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including, at a minimum, the winner’s first name, last name, valid email address and telephone number. E-tickets awarded as a prize in such contests cannot be redeemed or used by any means other than the designated third-party mobile ticketing app for the e-tickets. Individuals who do not have a valid email address, access to an app-enabled mobile device and/or do not comply with these requirements will not be able to redeem or use e-tickets should they be selected and verified as a winner, will not receive a substitute prize, and should not enter contests where e-tickets are the prize.
  11. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if any contest rules are violated in any way.
  12. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each are absolved and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
  13. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
  14. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM’s decision is always final. In the event any one of the general contest rules which govern all WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM contests contradict with any specific contest term, the specific contest term will control.
  15. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: 217-239-9988. For texting it is: 43414. The person operating the telephone at WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM has the final decision as to who is the winning caller.
  16. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM shall have no responsibility for contestant’s inability or failure to participate, failure to win or claim any prize based on malfunction or difficulties with telephone, cell phone, texting, email, or internet access, or any other circumstances in any contest beyond WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM’s control.
  17. For any contest involving on-line voting: If an entrant receives irregular votes, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated means, WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion and/or use another means to determine the winner(s), for example – random selection or appointing a panel of judges.
  18. For any contests involving tickets to live performances or events, winners will need to follow all COVID guidelines and protocols put in place by the concert organizer.
  19. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM is not responsible for any event cancellations or reschedules.
  20. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM is not responsible for Internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network congestion, viruses, sabotage, satellite failures, phone line failures, electrical outages, natural disasters or act of man or God, lost, late, misdirected, postage-due, unintelligible, returned, undelivered entries or email, or lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, miscommunications, failed computer, network, telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or network. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this contest or website, or act in violation of the official service, as solely determined by the station, will be disqualified. Neither a sponsor nor promotion parties are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this contest, and assumes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, deletion, interruption or delay in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM is not responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in any station contest. Should any portion of a contest be, in WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention (i.e., hackers) or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the station, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this contest, or contest plays, WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the contest.
  21. WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM has not made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on a prize (if any) are provided only by the manufacturer, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty and/or guarantee.
  22. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on :
    1. All appropriate information in required fields must be entered correctly and completely or you will be disqualified.
    2. To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM as defined at the exclusive discretion of WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM management.
    3. Any problems with the internet or email are not WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM’s responsibility.
    4. Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
  1. Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests may not be heard at all on WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM. Contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream may be 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 on the internet are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more. This means that when [Station Name] contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect,” or a contest that requires a specific texter to text a key word to our short code of [Insert short code] or other number specified in the contest, such as “98th person to text “win” to [Insert short code] 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.
  1. A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the WYXY CLASSIC 99.1 FM studios at 2603 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign IL 61821.

Updated February 1, 2023