Generic Contest Rules
99.9 The Fan WCMC-FM
Official Rules for all Sweepstakes and Contests
THESE ARE GENERIC RULES FOR ALL SWEEPSTAKES AND CONTESTS SPONSORED BY WCMC-FM. SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE FOR SPECIFIC RULES PERTAINING SPECIFIC SWEEPSTAKES AND CONTESTS. TO THE EXTENT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE GENERIC RULES AND THE SPECIFIC RULES FOR A PARTICULAR CONTEST OR SWEEPSTAKES WHETHER POSTED ONLINE OR MENTIONED ON-AIR, THE SPECIFIC RULES WILL APPLY. OPEN TO PERMANENT U.S. RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BELOW. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS APPLY.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. HOW TO ENTER. For instructions on how to enter, follow either (a) the sweepstakes or contest rules on www.999thefan.com, (b) the rules detailed below, (c) the rules mentioned on Meta, or (d) the directions mentioned on-air. Entries submitted may not be acknowledged or returned. Use of any device or method to automate entry is prohibited. Incorrect, illegible, corrupt, and incomplete entries are void. Proof of entry submission will not be deemed proof of receipt. Standard text message rates may apply. You may only make one (1) entry during the Promotion Period. Any additional entries received from the same person, phone number, or email address or by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins or any other methods will void that entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Entrants must be the registered subscriber of the email account indicated on the entry that is made. Entries that are incomplete, illegible, lost, misdirected, truncated, corrupted, late for any reason, or generated by a script, macro or other robotic, repetitive, programmed or automated means will not be eligible. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
2. SPONSOR. The sponsor of a contest or sweepstakes is WCMC FM, Inc., d/b/a 99.9 The Fan and Capitol Broadcasting Company (“Sponsor”). These contests and sweepstakes are not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Apple, Instagram, Meta, or Facebook. By entering you completely release Instagram, Meta, and Facebook from any and all liability as provided further in these Official Rules. The information entrants provide will only be used by the Station for administration of the sweepstakes and as otherwise set forth in these Official Rules. Any questions that entrants have about a contest or sweepstakes must be directed to the Sponsor and not to Instagram, Meta, or Facebook.
3. ELIGIBILITY. Contests and sweepstakes are open only to permanent U.S. residents 18 years of age as of the start of the contest or sweepstakes, and who reside in WCMC-FM Total Service Area as defined by Nielsen Audio. Employees of Sponsor and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, employees, advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) are not eligible. Unless otherwise stated in the specific rules for a contest or sweepstakes, entrants (a) are eligible to win a prize only once within a thirty-day period, and (b) may not enter a contest or sweepstakes more than once. By submitting an entry to a contest or sweepstakes, you acknowledge and agree (a) to all of these Official Rules, and (b) to be bound by all decisions of Sponsor, whose decisions are exclusive, binding and final.
4. PRIZE(S) AND ODDS. The method of choosing a winner(s), prize description, prize ARV, and odds of winning are outlined in either (a) the specific sweepstakes or contest rules on www.999thefan.com, (b) the rules detailed below, (c) the rules mentioned on Meta, or (d) as mentioned on-air. The winner will be notified by phone, email, or the social media account provided at entry and instructed how to claim and obtain the prize. Prize is non-transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash or otherwise, and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. The number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period will determine the odds of winning the prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Prizes consist of only those items specifically listed as part of the prize; winner bears sole and full responsibility for all other costs, fees and other liabilities, even if necessarily incurred in collecting or redeeming prize, including any required tax payments and reporting. Winner must sign and return to Sponsor a prize acknowledgment and publicity and liability release, as well as IRS form W-9: Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification for any prize over $2,000.00 in total value. If any prize notification is undeliverable, or in the event of non-compliance with any of these requirements, the prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner may be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. All unclaimed prizes will be forfeited after thirty (30) days. Any alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Any winner who forfeits a prize is not eligible to win another Sponsor contest or sweepstakes for thirty (30) days. Sponsor is not held responsible for replacing any prizes lost in the mail. If winner cannot find electronically transferred tickets in their email, they must contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] within 24 hours of the event. If the event has passed, the sponsor is not responsible for replacing the prize.
5. RELEASE. By entering a contest or sweepstakes, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, its prize suppliers, affiliates, subsidiaries, and each of such company’s officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in a contest or sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. By checking the relevant box or selection on the entry form, entrant agrees that Sponsor may contact them via email with information, special content or features. An entrant may discontinue receiving such materials at any time by using the unsubscribe procedures contained in the email message.
6. PUBLICITY. Except where prohibited, participation in a contest or sweepstakes constitutes a winner’s irrevocable and unconditional consent to Sponsor’s or its parents’ or subsidiaries’ and 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.
7. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify a contest or sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of a contest or sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Sponsor reserves the right to change the Official Rules at any time to ensure the fair administration of a contest or sweepstakes and compliance with applicable laws. Sponsor shall be entitled to interpret these Official Rules in its sole discretion—including but not limited to rules regarding entries, deadlines, winner selection, prize restrictions and eligibility—and all of Sponsor’s decisions are final. By entering, each entrant irrevocably, fully and unconditionally agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the Sponsor’s interpretations thereof and waives any right to claim ambiguity in these Official Rules or any other sweepstakes-related advertising or materials. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between any terms or conditions of these Official Rules and any disclosures or other statements contained in any other contest-related or sweepstakes related materials, including but not limited to the contest or sweepstakes entry forms, or point of sale, television, radio, print, mobile, or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern, and control.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes; (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the sweepstakes; (3) electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of passive or active filtering of any kind; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the sweepstakes 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 sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
9. DISPUTES. Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina or the appropriate North Carolina State Court located in Wake County, North Carolina; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering a contest or sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, 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 the entrant and Sponsor in connection with a contest or sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of North Carolina without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of North Carolina or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of North Carolina. In the event that any provision of these Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
10. WINNER LIST. For a copy of the winner list for a particular contest or sweepstakes see specific rules for details. If no specific rules are provided, send an email with the name of the contest or sweepstakes in the subject line to [email protected] within thirty (30) days of the end of the contest or sweepstakes.
11. TRADEMARKS. Any third-party trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective trademark owners. The use or mention of such third-party trademarks in these Official Rules or in a contest or sweepstakes is solely for descriptive purposes and shall in no way imply an endorsement or sponsorship of the contest or sweepstakes.