WTMT/SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. GENERAL CONTEST RULES
Wherever the words WTMT appear in these rules, they include the business entity to which the station is licensed, and any member companies, parent corporations, and affiliates. For example, WTMT would include Liberty Productions, Saga Communications of North Carolina, and its sole member, Saga Communications, Inc.
1) No purchase is necessary to enter any WTMT contest.
2) All contestants must be permanent residents of North Carolina and must provide WTMT with a valid form of identification and Social Security number satisfactory to WTMT management.
3) Subject to rule (4) below, all contestants must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to participate in contests that include hotel/motel accommodations, motor vehicles, boats, and/or air travel as prizes.
4) All contestants must be at least 21 years old to be eligible for all contests affiliated with an alcoholic beverage manufacturer or distributor.
5) One entry per household will be permitted to participate in a contest. A "household" is defined as any individuals residing at the same address. After winning a contest on WTMT, the individual/household is ineligible to win any other contests on WTMT for a period of thirty (30) days. All individuals/households receiving a prize valued at $500.00 or more on WTMT may be issued a 1099 Federal Income Tax Form by WTMT, and are ineligible to win a prize valued at $500.00 or more for a period of one calendar year from the date of winning. If it is determined that a selected contestant is ineligible as a result of one or both of these restrictions, another contestant will be selected. This selection procedure will continue until these restrictions are satisfied.
6) Anytime the WTMT on-air studio is called, it is assumed by the caller that the phone call is being recorded and may be broadcast. The caller grants permission to WTMT to broadcast the call or record the call for later broadcast.
6a) For telephone contests, listeners may enter by calling 828-240-1059. If any problems are discovered by WTMT, different call-in numbers or addresses may be substituted and utilized after those numbers and addresses are broadcast on WTMT. 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 WTMT has the final decision as to who is the winning caller.
7) For contests requiring written entry forms, they may be faxed to 828-253-5619, e-mailed to a contest specific address on www.1059themountain.com , or mailed/delivered to WTMT – 1190 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806. All entries become property of WTMT and will not be returned. WTMT reserves the right to retain any or all contest materials for any reason that WTMT deems necessary to the completion of the contest, or reasons relating to publicity and/or advertising. WTMT shall have no responsibility for a contestant’s failure to win or claim any prize based on difficulties with telephone, facsimile, email, or internet difficulties, or any circumstances in any contest.
8) Any specific rules and/or restrictions pertaining to individual contests (entry dates, a limit on number or words on an entry, etc.) will be disclosed in on-air announcements.
9) Prizes must be picked up by the winners at the WTMT business office or other pre-arranged or pre-announced location within thirty (30) days of notification to the winner, unless there is a deadline date by which the prizes must be picked up, in which case, that date will be specifically stated. Otherwise, failure to pick up the prizes by the deadline will result in the forfeiture of the prize, which shall remain the property of WTMT. WTMT assumes no liability for the delivery of prizes.
10) 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), WTMT's delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as WTMT awarding the prize to the winner. WTMT 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. WTMT shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
11) As a condition of entering a contest, contestants must agree that upon winning, they will consent to the use of their name, likeness, and all verbal and written communications with WTMT for publicity purposes.
12) Employees of WTMT, Liberty Productions, and Saga Communications, Inc., their 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 WTMT 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.
13) All prizes are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash. WTMT reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value. WTMT cannot be held responsible for unforeseen cancellations or delays of concerts/events or transportation caused by weather, promoter or performer.
14) 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 WTMT and/or participating co-sponsors exceeds $600.00.
15) WTMT assumes no liability for liability, damages, situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. WTMT, all participating co-sponsor companies and their advertising and promotional agencies, affiliates thereof, 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. As a condition of entering a contest, participants may be required, upon winning, to sign a release form and affidavit of eligibility to claim their prize. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the contestant’s right to claim or receive the prize.
16) The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on www.1059themountain.com:
a) All appropriate information in required fields must be filled out or contestants will be disqualified.
b) To be eligible to win a prize, a contestant must reside within the listening area of WTMT, as defined within the exclusive discretion of WTMT management.
c) Any problems with the internet or email are not WTMT's responsibility.
d) Contestants who attempt to register to participate on WTMT’s websites may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
17) 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, WTMT reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of WTMT management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant. WTMT reserves the right to disqualify any winner if the contest rules have been violated in any way. WTMT reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. All decisions of WTMT are final.
18) Although WTMT will make reasonable efforts to conduct its contests substantially as announced or advertised, WTMT reserves the right in extraordinary situations to change or modify the rules of its contests as exigent circumstances may require. In such cases, WTMT will amend the rules for that contest and broadcast the amended rules as promptly as possible. In such case, the contest will be conducted in accordance with the amended rules.
19) PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you’re listening to the internet stream of the station, programming may be delayed affecting contest participation
20) A copy of these rules are available during business hours at the WTMT studios, 1190 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806.
