How to Win
Starting at 12:01 on February 16, 2026 through 11:59pm on March 1, 2026, 105.9 The Mountain will conduct the SOCON Best Seats in the House Contest. Listeners can complete a register to win form at www.1059themountain.com to register to win the SOCON Best Seats in the House Contest Grand Prize which includes Two (2) new recliner seats from Penland’s Furniture and a pair of tickets to the SOCON men’s basketball championship game at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center on Monday, March 9, 2026. Total retail value of Grand Prize is at or about $1299.
All eligible registrations from every day in the contest will be entered in the Grand Prize Drawing. The Grand Prize winner will be selected via a random drawing by a representative from Asheville Media Group on Monday, March 2, 2026 and notified of their win and prize claim process by 5pm on Monday, March 2, 2026.
The winner will pick up SoCon Championship tickets at Asheville Media Group located at 1190 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806. Prize pick up hours are Monday – Friday, Noon – 4pm. The winning tickets will give the winner access to the Arena for the Championship game on Monday, March 9, 2026. The winner and their guest will be able to sit courtside for the duration of the game in the SOCON Best Seats in the House provided by Penland’s Furniture Recliners. Recliners will be available for the winner to pick up at the Arena on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The winner is responsible for picking up and transferring their recliners from the Arena.
One entry per person per day for duration of contest. Submitting more than one entry per person per duration of contest will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entries submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.
WTMT 105.9 The Mountain contests are open to all eligible participants who are legal residents of the United States as determined by the Company, aged 21 or older, and who have not won anything from WTMT, WISE or 828newsNOW 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.
No purchase necessary. Asheville Media Group’s sole responsibility will be to award the prize. Asheville Media Group will have no further responsibility in connection with the prize if the prize winner, for any reason, cannot or decides not to use any of the prizes. Winners will be responsible for all federal and state taxes, and any fees and incidentals. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash.
Employees of 828newsNOW.com, 105.9 The Mountain, Mix 96.5, 98.1 The River, 105.5 The Outlaw, 100.3 Rewind, La Pantera 97.3, WISE Sports Radio, Asheville Radio Group, Saga Communications of North Carolina, LLC., and its ultimate parent company, 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 1190 Patton Avenue 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 a current legal guardian.
Full contest rules available at 105.9 The Mountain offices located at 1190 Patton Ave. Asheville NC, 28806 between the hours of 9 am and 5:30 pm; or by logging onto www.1059themountain.com
Sweepstakes Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. This Sweepstakes is governed exclusively by the laws of the United States. You are not authorized to participate in the Sweepstakes if you are not located within the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. Void where prohibited.
Eligibility and Limitations: Participants and winner(s) must be at least 18-years old and a legal resident of the United States as determined by the Company. Previous winners, employees of the Company, this Sweepstakes’ participating Sponsors and their advertising agencies, and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate and win.
Drawing: Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received on the specified day of each event unless otherwise specified on the entry page. All decisions are final and binding in matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Drawing may be done through an electronic script that will randomly select the winner by using a computer script designed to select a random entry or entries. Potential winners will be notified by email or mail within one day of the drawing date. Each entrant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements.
Prizes/Taxes: Company/Sponsor makes no warranties with regard to the prizes. Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions of prize allowed by winner(s), but Company/Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Prizes are not redeemable by the winner for cash value. All taxes, fees, and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Conditions and Release: By participating in this Sweepstakes, all participants and winner(s) grant the Company exclusive permission to use their names, location, characters, photographs, voices, and likenesses in connection with the promotion of this and other Sweepstakes and waive any claims to royalty, right, or remuneration for such use. By participating, each participant and winner waives any and all claims of liability against the Company/Sponsor, its employees and agents, for any personal injury or loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense which may occur from the conduct of, preparation for, travel to, or participation in, the Sweepstakes, or from the use or misuse of any prize or participation of any related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. Company/Sponsor is not responsible if Sweepstakes cannot take place or if any prize cannot be awarded/delivered due to travel cancellations, delays or interruptions due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, or weather.
Miscellaneous: Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Company is not responsible for any problems technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, any combination thereof, or otherwise, including any injury to entrant’s computer related to participation in the Sweepstakes. Company may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by using unfair or fraudulent means. The Company/Sponsor will resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules. All decisions will be made by the Company and are final. The Company may waive any of these rules at its sole discretion.
General Contest Rules
105.9 The Mountain General Contest Rules
