We Are One: Helping Small Businesses Feed Our Community OFFICIAL RULES
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We Are One: Helping Small Businesses Feed Our Community OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE A PARTICIPANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. SWEEPSTAKES DESCRIPTION: The “We Are One: Helping Small Businesses Feed Our Community” sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) will begin on June 1, 2020 and end on June 15, 2020 (“Sweepstakes Period”). This Sweepstakes will be conducted exclusively on the air. One hundred (100) winners will each be awarded meals to feed their families. (ARV $50.00) (“Prize”). See below for further details. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open only to listeners of the Participating Radio Stations identified below who (a) are legal residents of the United States, (b) resides in the metropolitan area of one of the Participating Radio One Stations, and (c) are eighteen (18) years or older. The Participating Radio One Stations are as follows: RADIO STATION METROPOLITAN AREA WHTA-FM Atlanta, GA WERQ-FM Baltimore, MD WIZF Cincinnati, OH WOSL WZAK Cleveland, OH WENZ WCKX Columbus, OH WXMG WJYD WQNC Charlotte, NC KZMJ Dallas, TX KBFB KMJQ Houston, TX KBXX WTLC Indianapolis, IN WHHH WPHI Philadelphia, PA WRNB WQOK Raleigh, NC WFXC WNNL WCDX Richmond, VA WKJS WPSS WHHL St. Louis, MO WKYS Washington, DC WTEM WPRS WMMJ ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: 1. The Sweepstakes is open to listeners of the Station who are legal residents of the United States residing within the one (1) of the above metropolitan area and are 18 years of age and older as of the commencement date of the Sweepstakes. 2. Employees of the Station, Urban One, Inc., Charlotte Broadcasting, LLC, Blue Chip Broadcasting, LTD, Radio One of Texas II, LLC, Radio One of Indiana L.P., (collectively, “Company”), its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, general sponsors, advertisers, competitors, promotional partners, other radio stations in the above metropolitan area, and members of the immediate families or those living in the same households (whether related or not) of any of the above are NOT eligible to participate or win in this Sweepstakes. For purposes of this Sweepstakes, immediate family members mean spouses, parents, grandparents, children, and siblings and their respective spouses. 3. Unless otherwise specified, participants may only win one (1) qualifying prize during this Sweepstakes. 4. Persons who have won a prize in another sweepstakes or promotion of any kind from the Station within the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the start date of this Sweepstakes are not eligible to participate. Only one person per family or household (whether related or not) may win in any promotion from the Station during any thirty (30) day period. HOW TO ENTER: To participate in the Sweepstakes, listeners must do the following: 1. During the Sweepstakes Period, listen to the Station for the on-air announcement to call into the participating Station. Be the designated caller at the number provided on-air after the on-air solicitation for callers has been made. 2. WARNING: Online listeners to streamed broadcasts may experience a lag in transmissions due to buffering limitations. Contest participants should not rely on streamed broadcasts to participate in the Contest. 3. Eligible callers will be asked to verify their contact information (e.g. name, address, phone number, and email address). 4. Participants may also enter online. Sweepstakes participants must register online through the Station’s website. 5. Upon entering the Sweepstakes website(s), participants are to follow the on- screen instructions, including entering their name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, and any optional or additional contact information, as requested, to register for a chance to win. 6. One entry per person per day per email address during the Sweepstakes Period. 7. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a participant’s online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by the authorized holder of the e-mail account at the time the entry was made. 8. During the Sweepstakes Period, one hundred (100) prize winners will be randomly chosen from among all eligible contestants that participated during the Contest Period. 9. Winners will be announced on air, unless any alternative notification procedures are announced on air. Winners will be contacted by phone and / or email and provided with instructions for claiming their prize. 10. Winners must provide valid identification (e.g. via driver’s license, passport or other government-issued I.D. containing the person’s name, date of birth, and photograph) to claim their prize. Identification documents must match information previously provided to the Station. 11. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of Station management which will be final and binding in all matters pertaining to this Contest. 12. The grand prize winners will be instructed to complete any necessary documentation and provide a copy of their valid government-issued photo ID in order to confirm their identity and claim the prize. PRIZES: The following prize elements will be awarded: One (1) gift card to a local restaurant in the surrounding area in the amount of Fifty Dollars (ARV $50.00). 1. Transportation to and from the event venue, meals, beverages, souvenirs, and incidentals are the responsibility of the winner and his or her guest. 2. Movie passes, and/or special screening and premiere movie passes are valid for space available only. Seating is provided on a first-come-first-served basis. 3. Gift cards are subject to terms and conditions as specified by issuer. 4. All cash prizes won will be awarded in the form of a check. Winners will be notified when their prize check is available for pick up. 5. To the extent that prize elements are provided by third-party providers, winner agrees to look solely to applicable prize providers with respect to any claims, losses, or disputes in connection therewith. 6. Food and/or food delivery prizes shall be handled and fulfilled exclusively by the supplying restaurant and/or by the third-party provider(s). Station personnel shall at no time handle and/or deliver food-based prizes. 7. Dates and times of concerts, events, trips, and activities promoted by event sponsors are subject to change and those changes are deemed to be beyond the control of the Station. Changes of venue, cancellation of engagements by performing artists, and/or their management may be permanent in nature. The Station is not responsible for replacing tickets in the event of show cancellations as a result of weather, promoter or performer. The Station is not obligated to make any effort to find an alternative prize under these circumstances. 8. Winners will be instructed to provide a fully executed IRS Form W-9 and a copy of their valid government-issued photo ID. Identification documents must match information previously provided to the Station. Failure to do so will result in the winner’s forfeiture of the prize. 9. Prizes will be mailed via ground mail or electronic mail. Winner assumes the risk of safe arrival of prize or prize package. Station and/or any sponsor are not responsible for lost, stolen, damaged, mutilated or misdirected mail, or unsafe arrival of a prize, prize certificates or prize package. 10. The prize may only be claimed by the actual winner. Friends and family members are not eligible to claim the prize on behalf of the winner. 11. No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by Station management and/or any sponsor in its sole discretion. The Station reserves the right to substitute an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize element is unavailable. 12. All Sweepstakes winners must sign and date official Station release and waiver forms as requested. Failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting the prize. 13. The Station, the Company, and its affiliates and promotional partners shall not be liable for any claims made by ineligible entrants. 14. If for any reason a Sweepstakes winner decides not to accept the prize awarded, the winner may be required to sign a release form acknowledging forfeiture of the prize. It will be at the discretion of the Sweepstakes administrator and / or Sweepstakes sponsor if another entrant is to be selected as the winner if time permits. 15. In the event any winner is found to be in violation of these Official Rules or is otherwise determined by the Station, in its sole discretion to be ineligible, he/she may be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse the Station and / or any sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such a violation is found after the prize has been used by the winner. GENERAL CONDITIONS: 1. Winner(s) are responsible for payment of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt of the prize. 2. Any person winning over $600.00 in prizes will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year for tax purposes and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS as required by law. 3. No purchase necessary. Sweepstakes is void where prohibited. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. 4. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entrants participating during the Sweepstakes Period. 5. By participating in the Sweepstakes, the winner or winners agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this Sweepstakes, in any media now known or hereafter devised for advertising or promotional purposes without additional compensation, and must sign a publicity release prior to acceptance of the prize.