93Q “If You Know You Know” Contest
Official Rules
- A complete copy of these rules can be obtained by contacting the offices of radio station WNTQ
(“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Radio LLC, 1064 James St., Syracuse NY 13203,
during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to the above address.
The Station will conduct the 93Q If You Know You Know Contest (the “Contest”) substantially
as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows
No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chance of
winning. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local regulations apply. - Eligibility. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding dual Florida and New York
residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number
and who reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio,
who have not won a prize from the Station valued at $500 or more in the last 90 days and whose
immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station valued at
$500 or more in the last 90 days. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Employees of
Cumulus Radio LLC, its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional
sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s DMA, 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. The Contest is 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 Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements set forth herein. - Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 12:01am ET on February 7, 2022 and will run
through 6:00am ET on December 20, 2023 (the “Contest Period”). The Station’s computer is the
official time keeping device for this Contest. - How to Enter. To enter: During the Contest Period, visit Station’s website, 93Q.com, go to the
“If You Know you Know” page, and complete an entry form with the entrant’s name, date of birth,
address, phone, and email, and second individual’s name and phone, with a brief description of
your relationship with that individual (married, roommates, co-workers, etc.). Entries must be
received by 6:00am ET each Wednesday during the Contest Period to be eligible to win that week.
Entries carry over each week. All entries must be received by 6:00am ET on December 14, 2023
to be eligible for a Prize (as defined below). Limit one (1) entry per person per week, regardless
of how many email addresses a person may possess and use. Multiple participants are not
permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one
(1) entry per week by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins,
or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Station is not
responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected
registrations, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the
authorized account holder of the email address used to register 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 email address is submitted as
part of this promotion. No mail-in entries will be accepted. - Winner Selection. After 6:00am ET each Wednesday during the Contest Period, Station will select
one (1) entry from among all valid entries received by Station during the Contest Period as of the
date and time of that selection based on Station’s opinion of the potential entertainment value of
the relationship, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station will contact the entrant and
second individual named in the entry to participate in recorded telephone calls for later broadcast.
The entrant and second individual will answer questions designed to show how well one person
knows the other. For their participation, one (1) Prize will be awarded to the entrant.
PARTICIPANTS MUST ANSWER THE TELEPHONE AND MUST AGREE TO HAVE THE
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORDED BY THE STATION AND AGREE TO BE
INTERVIEWED FOR ANY BROADCAST OR COMMERCIAL RELEASE CONNECTED
WITH THE CONTEST TO BE DETERMINED A WINNER AND TO HAVE THE PRIZE
AWARDED. Should a contacted potential winner and/or second individual be unwilling to be
recorded and/or interviewed, for any reason, then they forfeit the prize, are disqualified, and are no
longer eligible to claim the Prize. The winning entrants will be contacted using the email address
and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to
verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules). Station’s decisions as to
the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final
and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact
within one (1) days of notification will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. THE
STATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE AN ALTERNATE WINNER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THESE OFFICIAL RULES IN THE EVENT THAT ANY WINNER IS
DISQUALIFIED, CANNOT BE CONTACTED, DOES NOT CONSENT TO BE RECORDED
AND/OR INTERVIEWED, AND/OR IS DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR ANY REASON, OR IS
NOT AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY APPLICABLE CONTEST EVENTS HOSTED
BY STATION. - Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST
WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL
AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must
continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules; and winning is contingent
upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner may be notified by email and/or telephone
call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be
required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of
eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize,
if applicable. A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will
be deemed to have accepted the contest 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
sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required
time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential
winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason,
Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all
remaining eligible entries. - Prize. Up to one (1) Prize will be awarded each week in this Contest for a total of forty-five (45)
Prizes in the Contest. Each Prize is a Cicero Eatery gift card and a St. Agnes Floral gift card. ARV One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt
and/or use. Odds of winning a Prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible
entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time. - There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its
sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or
cash. The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities
or any other expenses. Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be
subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed
on the tickets or gift certificates/cards. Other restrictions may apply. - Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be
bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all
matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media New
Holdings, Inc., 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 Contest, 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 the 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. - To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the Contest, entrants:
- agree to grant the Station a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast, exhibit,
rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, distribute and otherwise exploit any items (including
any photos, videos, audio, or written material) submitted as part of the Contest entry (the
“Materials”), or any portion thereof, in any manner and in any and all formats and media now
known or hereafter devised, without payment to you or any third party; - acknowledge that the Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion, not to use the Materials at all;
and - iii. represent and warrant that they have the legal right, power and authority to grant to the
Station the license provided for herein; own or control the complete exhibition and other rights to
the Materials submitted for the purposes contemplated in this license; are either the parent (or legal
guardian) of any minor featured in the Materials or have received the express consent of the parent
(or legal guardian) for any such minor to appear in the Materials and to enter the minor’s likeness
in the Materials in the Contest; and neither the Materials nor the exercise of the rights granted
herein shall infringe upon or violate the right of privacy or right of publicity of, or constitute a libel
or slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, any person or entity. - Publicity. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to use
by the Station and its agent of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or
biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration, unless otherwise prohibited by law. - Taxes. 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. - General Conditions. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or
any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control
impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, 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 acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to
deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and
civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these
Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. - Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or
inaccurate information, whether caused by Station, entrants, printing errors or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (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 Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest
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 Contest or
receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be
awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other error causes more than stated
number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Station reserves the right to
award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded,
eligible prize claims. - Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, 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 this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United
States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Station’s listening area; (iii) any
and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with entering this Contest, 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. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and
Station in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction),
which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the
Station is located. - Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s
Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All
entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all
information contained therein, 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 Station’s website. - Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period
expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station identified below. - CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Radio LLC, WNTQ, 1064 James St., Syracuse NY 13203.
- PRIZE PROVIDER: San Miguel Bar & Grill 2 Oswego Street Baldwinsville NY and St. Agnes Florist South Ave Syracuse NY
