Contest Rules

The following rules are an addendum to the BRIGHT-FM Official Rules for “The Big Christmas Music Survey” contest. These rules govern the “The Big Christmas Music Survey” promotion (the “Promotion”) being conducted by 95.1 BRIGHT-FM/WRBS (the “Station”) from October 23rd 2022, at 06:00PM, EDT, to November 6^th, 2022, at 11:59PM, EDT.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

1. WHO CAN ENTERContests are open only to legal U.S. residents age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry.

For this promotion, up to two (2) prizes may be awarded per household within any thirty (30) day period.

Employees of Brighter Media Group, any parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, 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 step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, 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.

Entrants may not use an assumed name or alias. Contests are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Station’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

2. PROMOTION PERIODThe Promotion will begin and end at the times specified by Station. Station’s office computer is the official time keeping device for all Promotions.
3. HOW TO ENTEREntrants must complete the online survey known as “The Big Christmas Music Survey” in its in entirety via BRIGHTFM.com. Every person who completes the survey in its entirety will be placed in a random drawing for the Prizes. The survey must be finished completely for a participant to be qualified for entry. Entrants must rate every song and press “finish” on the last page of the survey to be entered. One (1) entry per person during the promotion. The station is not responsible for any problems, technical or otherwise, that would prevent someone from completing the survey in its entirety.
4. TELEPHONE AND INTERNET DELIVERY AND DISCLAIMERStation disclaims all liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue a telephone call due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Company’s control, or otherwise. Station disclaims all liability for any delays, mis delivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method. Station is not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant’s ability to participate in the contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in this contest. Due to the time delay that exists between the Station’s over-the-air signal and any online webcast, listeners who listen to the Station online may hear Promotion information later than listeners listening to the Station’s over-the-air signal. As a result, the odds of an online listener winning Promotion may be diminished.

In any Promotion using online registration, Station reserves the right to disqualify the entrant, in its sole discretion, if there are irregularities in the registration. Station shall not be responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected entries, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address or telephone number used to enter will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Station and will not be returned. Station reserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose telephone number is submitted as part of a Promotion.

5. PRIZEThere are five prizes. Five winners will each win one (1) Amazon gift card in the amount of $100.

Five (5) winners will be chosen at random.

Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use. All those who win a prize or prizes over a $600 in value in any given year may be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.

All prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided at the Station’s or prize provider’s sole discretion. If winner requests that a prize be mailed to him/her, and Station agrees to do so, winner agrees that Station will send the prize by U.S. Postal Service, and that Station is not responsible for lost, stolen, or misdirected mail, and that the prize will not be replaced if it is not received by winner.

6. SELECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND VERIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNER.POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST.

Contest winners will be determined according to the method specified by Station at Station’s sole and exclusive discretion. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Odds of winning depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the number of eligible entries received by Station during the Promotion and the number of listeners participating at any given time.

Potential winner(s) will be selected at random from all eligible entries by November 16^th, 2022, 11:00AM, EDT.

The potential winner(s) will be contacted via email using the email address provided with the entry and will be awarded the prize subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules.

If Station cannot reach potential winner by email provided due to an incorrect address provided, message failure, or any other reason that would prevent Station from reaching potential winner, Station may, but is not required to, award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.

Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within 72 hours will result in disqualification. Station reserves the right to select and notify an alternate potential winner. Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Promotion and the selection of a potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Any protest in the conducting of the Promotion, the selection of the winner, or the awarding of the Prize must be made within three days of the conclusion of the contest; the resolution of any protest shall be in the sole discretion of Station, whose decision shall be considered final.

Within thirty (30) days of winning notification to claim their prize, potential winner must virtually, via email, provide proof of identity, execute an affidavit of eligibility, a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited), and a W-9 IRS Form, in order to claim his/her prize. A winner who executes these documents within the required time period will be deemed to have accepted the 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 provide the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period, potential winner forfeits the prize. In the event that the potential winner of the Prize is disqualified for any reason, Station may, but is not required to, award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries, or other means chosen by the Station.

All prizes are non-transferable and void where prohibited by law. There will be no substitution of prize.

7. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASEBy entering a Promotion, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by the BRIGHT-FM Official Rules, the “The Big Christmas Music Survey” Promotion Rules, and the decisions of Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to any Promotion and Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station and its subsidiaries, related and affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Promotion, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in a Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the Prize.
8. PUBLICITYExcept where prohibited, participation in Promotion constitutes winner’s consent to Station’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Each Promotion participant acknowledges and agrees that any telephone calls placed to the Station’s contest line may be broadcast live on the Station, and also may be recorded for use on-air at a later time. Winners may be required to sign a separate publicity waiver and/or release upon collecting a prize.
9. GENERAL CONDITIONSStation may cancel any Promotion or any part of a Promotion, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Promotion, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or to be acting in violation of any federal, state or local law. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of a Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek legal remedies including damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station may, in its sole discretion, waive or change any of these Official Rules in a particular case, but will advise the public of such waiver or changes as soon as practicably possible after they are made.
10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITYThe Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Promotion, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance or completion of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Station, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, programming, or any other reason causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available or claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
11. TAXESAll State, Local, Federal and or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded in any Contest become the sole responsibility of the winner. Winners will be required to fill out and return an IRS W-9 tax form. Valuation of prizes may be based on information given to Sponsor by the provider of the prize. All those who win a prize or prizes over a $600 in value in any given year may be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
12. DISPUTESEntrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with a Promotion, or any prizes awarded, other than those concerning the administration of the Promotion or the determination of the winner, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with a Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in Maryland; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering a Promotion, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) 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. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Maryland.
13. ENTRANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATIONInformation collected from entrants via the Internet, including the Station’s website or Internet applications, is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. To the extent a Promotion involves use of a 3rd party website, application or platform, individuals should be aware that the third party’s Privacy Policy may apply as well. Station claims no responsibility for the actions of any such third party in the collection or use of your information. 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 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 the Station’s website or social media sites.
14. CONSTRUCTIONThe invalidity or enforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained therein.
15. LIST OF WINNERS / COPY OF RULESA copy of the Official Rules of the Promotion, or list of the winners of a Promotion, may be obtained requesting a copy and sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station address identified below, or by calling 410-247-4100. A list of winners will be made available 30 days after the conclusion of a Promotion.

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