Baby Idol: Rules

WIOG Baby Idol 2013
Official Contest Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station 102.5 WIOG(“Station”),owned and operated by Cumulus Media Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies, 1740 Champagne Drive North, Saginaw, MI  48604, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the WIOG Baby Idol 2013 Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:

1. No purchase is necessary.  Void where prohibited.  All federal, state, and local regulations apply.

2.   Only legal U.S. residents age 18 or older with a valid Social Security number at the time of entry are eligible to participate in Station contests. Employees, agents, representatives, or affiliates of the Station, Cumulus Media Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, participating sponsors, other radio stations, television stations and print advertising companies serving the metro area, and their immediate family members and household members are not eligible to participate.  The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents, children, grandchildren and cohabiting significant others.  The contest is open to all WIOG listeners within the WIOG on-air listening area (as defined by the Saginaw-Bay City-Midland Arbitron TSA (Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Ogemaw, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, Shiawassee and Tuscola counties).

1. An individual may win an on-going contest only once per six-month period unless otherwise specifically stated.   An individual may win other seasonal or one-time contests only once for the duration of the contest. The Station reserves the right to limit the number of times an individual may enter a contest or drawing. 
2. The contest will begin on Thursday, March 14^th at 10amand will run throughApril 26^th, 2013 at 5pm.(the “Contest Period”).
3. There are 2ways to enter this Contest:

(i)

1. Visit the Station’s website at wiog.comand complete an online entry form.  One entry per person, per household, per email address.  To participate in the contest, listeners {ONLY the baby’s legal parent or guardian} must provide 1) their name, 2) baby’s name, 3) baby’s birth date, 4) Home Address, 5) email address, 6) daytime phone number

1. …Along with a digital photo of their baby, who must be 2 years of age or younger by 3/14/13 (verification of birth date will be required before Prize is awarded)

1. Listeners may enter by submitting their information and picture to WIOG directly through the website at www.wiog.com. 

1. Photos submitted through the website must be in JPEG format; no other file formats will be accepted. 

1. Babies born before 3/14/11 are ineligible for this contest. 

1. Stationis not responsible for lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, misdelivered, postage due, illegible, incomplete or untimely entries.Station is not responsible for entries not received due to difficulty accessing the Internet, service outages or delays, computer difficulties or other technological glitches.  Station is not responsible for any lost, disconnected, dropped, misdirected or incomplete telephone calls.  Entrants may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the station.

(ii)

Drop off your baby’s picture in person at the Station at the address above containing the following information: listeners {ONLY the baby’s legal parent or guardian} must provide 1) their name, 2) baby’s name, 3) baby’s birth date, 4) Home Address, 5) email address, and 6) daytime phone number. Late, incomplete or illegible entries will be disregarded.  Photos submitted in person shall become the property of Station and will not be returned.  Babies born before 3/14/11 are ineligible for this contest. 

1. On Thursday, April 18^th, 2013, one (1) entrant will be randomly selected from all eligible entries as potential grand prize winner.  If it is determined that the candidate is not eligible to receive the grand prize, in the Station’s sole judgment and discretion, another candidate will be randomly selected for eligibility consultation and this process will continue on until such time as an eligible candidate is found.  In the unlikely event that no candidates are found to meet the specifications, then the prize will go un-awarded.  In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by and at the Station’s sole discretion. 

Grand Prize winner will be determined by votes received during contest voting period. During the Voting period, which shall be from 3/25/13at 10am EST –4/13/13 at 5pm EST, all eligible submitted pictures will be placed on the WIOG website and be designated a unique number.  Voters must then vote for the picture they consider being the best, using one of the voting methods described herein.

The “WIOG Baby Idol” entry submission will begin on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 10am and will end when the maximum number of entries has been submitted and verified (500 maximum). The “WIOG Baby Idol” voting will begin on Monday, March 25^th, at 10 am and end on Friday, April 12th at 5pm.  “WIOG Baby Idol” winner will be announced on WIOG on Thursday, April 18^th, 2013.

There are two different methods for voting:

1) Voters may log onto www.wiog.com and follow online instructions.

2) Voters may also text message their vote.  Text votes are to be made as follows:  Send a text to 64636 with keyword: baby (this MUST be first in the body of the message), followed by a space and then ONLY the NUMBER of the baby as assigned by WIOG on the website and no other information (providing additional information may result in the disqualification of the vote). By voting in this contest via text you will be placed in the WIOG Text Club. Standard text messaging rates apply through your phone carrier.

The winner will be announced on 4/18/13.  Winner will be contacted by phone, based on the contact information that they provided in their registration.

1. One (1) grand prize will be awarded.  The grand prize package consists of the following:  A $5,000 educational trust account with a 120-month maturity from United Financial Credit Union.  All expenses and fees associated with the grand prize not expressly included in the foregoing prize description are the sole responsibility of the winner.  Total grand prize package is valued at $5,000.
2. Odds of winning depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received and listeners participating at any given time. 
3. All State, Local, Federal and or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
4. All prizes are awarded “as is.”   Prizes are nontransferable and cannot be exchanged.  No substitute prize will be awarded to a winner who declines to accept a prize.  The Station reserves the right to require contestants to be present at drawings in order to win their prize.  The Station shall not be responsible for the failure of participating sponsors to deliver the prizes or any part thereof as described herein.
5. All prizes must be claimed in person at the Station at the address identified above during regular business hours and within ten (10) business days of winning, excluding holidays, unless otherwise agreed to by the Station at its sole discretion.  After such time, ownership of said prize reverts back to the Station to be disposed of at its discretion.  The winner then loses all claims and rights to said prize.  Proper identification must be presented by any winner to claim prize.  As a condition to receiving any prize, each potential winner must complete and sign a Winner’s Affidavit and Release, releasing the Station from all liability in connection with winner’s participation in the contest and acceptance, use, or non-use of the contest prize.
6. All entrants and winners agree that the Station shall have no liability for any injury, misfortune, or damage to either persons or property incurred by entering, participating in, winning, or losing any contest and/or by the acceptance, use, or non-use of any prize received in connection with this contest.
7. 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 the Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion.  The Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assume 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. 
8. By participating in a Station contest in which text-message-based entry is permitted, entrants acknowledge that text messages are distributed and delivered through third party providers.  Station does not guarantee, nor shall Station be in any way responsible for, the delivery or timeliness of any text message entry.  Station will at all times consider the time that a message is logged as arriving in its system as being the time of entry, regardless of the time at which the entrant attempted to send the entry and any technical problems or other complications that may have delayed its delivery.  Station is not responsible for service outages, message failures, transmission delays or any other factor affecting the availability or performance of the text messaging service.  Contests with text-message-based entries are subject to the Station’s Privacy Policy.  By participating in Station contests, entrants agree that the Station may contact that entrant at the telephone number from which the text message entry was received.  All text message entries must come from a valid and identifiable telephone number.  Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry if that entry’s source and sender cannot be reasonably determined.  Station, through its third party text messaging administrators, will store all messages received on its system.  Station may require, on request, proof of identity as to the rightful owner of the phone number from which the text message entry was sent.
9. All entrants and winners agree to give the Station and its licensees, affiliates, successors, and assigns the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use, re-use, broadcast, or publish their name, city of residence, photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched or distorted in character or form, and winner’s voice, recorded or live, for any reason the Station deems necessary without compensation, unless prohibited by law.  All winners release, discharge, and agree to hold the Station harmless from any and all claims they may have against the Station in connection with the taking, production, or the use of winners’ name, city of residence, any photo, video tape, film or any other likeness, including portraits and pictures, in whole or in part, as part of a composite, retouched, or distorted in character or form and without restrictions as to any changes, transformations or alterations, and including winners’ voices, recorded or live.  All winners further acknowledge that the Station owns or will own exclusively any photographs of such winners used for such purposes, including the copyrights in them, regardless of the form in which they have been or may be produced and used, and all winners assign all such ownership rights to the Station.
10. By participating in the Contest, each participant agrees to receive email communications from the Station regarding Station events and contests. Any participant that opts-out of these mailings will also remove themselves from the contest.  By participating in the Contest, where allowed by law, participants agree that the Station may disclose personal information obtained from participants in the Contest to third parties and use such information for marketing and other purposes. 
11. By participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of Station personnel. Persons who violate any rule, gain unfair advantage in participating in the Contest, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike, disruptive, annoying, harassing or threatening behavior is prohibited. The Station will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or the Contest and the Station’s decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If the conduct or outcome of the Contest is affected by human error, any mechanical malfunctions or failures of any kind, intentional interference or any event beyond the control of the Station, the Station reserves the right to terminate this Contest, or make such other decisions regarding the administration or outcome as the Station deems appropriate. All decisions will be made by the Station are final. The Station may waive any of these rules in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OR WEBSITES, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, STATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. By participating in this contest, each participant agrees to waive any and all claims for damages for death, personal injury, loss of property or property damage that he or she may sustain as a result of his or her participation in the contest and/or the use of any prize, and any damages or losses arising from the implementation or carrying out of the contest or any participant’s failure to win the contest or receive the prize, and to release the Station, Cumulus Media Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, and all contest sponsors from any and all liability arising out of or connected in any way with his or her participation in the contest, even though that liability may arise out of an intentional act, omission, negligence or carelessness  on the part of the persons or entities mentioned above.
13. A winners list may be obtained after May 1, 2013 by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the following address:  Cumulus Media/WIOG 1740 Champagne Drive North, Saginaw, MI  48604
14. Participating Sponsors: United Financial Credit Union, 2510 Weiss St., Saginaw, MI 48602

Forward Corporation, Sweet Peach Baby Boutique and the Photography Boutique.