Contest: | General Contest Rules |
General Details: | a. Residency & Age Requirement All KOLA 99.9 contests are open to any residents in the Southern California Counties of: Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego. All KOLA 99.9 contests are open to any listener (age 18 and older) unless a specific age is required by the type of contest and the requirements in redeeming that prize associated with that contest. Listeners are encouraged to look at specific age requirements within the rules of a specific contest. b. Maximum Prize Winning c. Expiration of Prizes. d. Picking Up or Claiming Prizes. e. Inability to Redeem a Prize
f. Hours of Contesting. g. Use of Image/Likeness/Voice. h. Further Notice. i. Tampering and Delivery Disclosure.
All in-app contests bear no affiliation with Apple/Apple Inc. Apple is not responsible or connected to any contest ran on KOLA or any of it’s apps/websites.
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Taxes / 1099: | a. Winner must provide KOLA 99.9 with a current, valid government issued picture identification and a valid taxpayer identification number or social security card before any prize will be awarded.
b. Any person winning over $600 in prizes in a calendar year will receive an IRS Form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS. c. Prize money in any denomination will be in the form of a check. All checks must be picked up at the KOLA Studios at 1940 Orange Tree Lane Suite 200, Redlands Ca 92374 during regular business hours. Allow 6-8 weeks. Due to potential HEALTH restrictions, an appointment to pick up a prize at the KOLA studios will be required.
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Eligibility: | a. Prizes available on KOLA 99.9 may only, at times, and at the discretion of the client providing the prize, be delivered through electronic means. Those electronic means may require a valid email address, a downloaded app to a smart device or any other type of technical requirement in order to redeem said contest prize. If the potential winner does not comply or wish to comply with the technical requirements to redeem the prize, then that prize designated will automatically be forfeited and a new recipient/winner may or may not be chosen. There is no substitute prize or replacement prize for any person who does not wish to comply with the requirements to redeem that stated prize.
b. Any potential winner, even if announced, is subject to verification. If potential winner does not meet all requirements, no prize will be awarded regardless of any announcement of a winner’s status
c. KOLA 99.9 FM is not responsible for the inability of the listener to enter through technical, mechanical, or other errors associated with entering said contest.
d. Employees and agents/vendors of KOLA 99.9, Anaheim Broadcasting and their families, their advertising agencies or representatives, including employees of Participating Sponsors or Provider of said Prize and any family members related to an employee who is involved in any way with the contest prize or elements of the contest prize, are ineligible to enter this or any contest conducted by KOLA 99.9. |
General Methods of Winning: | Methods of winning consist of: (a) Text, (b) Phone, (c) Online. Method to be determined and announced on-air at the time of the contest solicit and may consist of any of the methods (a., b., c.) or a combination of all three. No particular method is guaranteed and KOLA reserves the right to change the method of entering or participating in the stated contest at any time.
a. Text Contests b. Phone-in Contests c. On-Line. |
Texting Method: |
a. Text Contests
b. The contest period consists of the solicit at the prescribed range of times and the collection of texts during that time period, which is 5 minutes. That is, upon hearing the “keyword” for that particular contest time, the contestants have only 5 minutes to text that “keyword” to 1-909-798-5600 in order to be considered for the random drawing for that specific contest time. Each contest entry is separate. No entries are held over or considered during any other contest times that day or during any contest day. Contestants must enter each contest separately with the correct “keyword”.
c. For “Text Contests”, a random drawing from all those listeners who texted in the correct “keyword” (after the 5 minute period described in “b.”) will become a potential qualifier or winner depending on the specific contest at that time.
d. Upon choosing a random contestant (from c.), KOLA will call that random potential qualifier or winner through the phone number provided (originated from the phone via text). If that person does not answer their phone by the third ring, another random drawing will be held. This process continues until a potential qualifier or winner (through random drawing) answers their phone and completes the process to become a “contestant”.
e. Upon meeting requirements of age or previous qualifier or winner status, this random contestant will have the opportunity to be a part of one or more of the elements described below: 1. Win the stated prize immediately
f. See specific contest rules for that contest for further details/explanations.
g. See “Exceptions and Disclosures” below |
Phone Method: |
a. Phone Contests b. Upon meeting requirements of age or previous qualifier or winner status, this 19th caller will have the opportunity to be a part of one or more of the elements described below: 1. Win the stated prize immediately c. See specific contest rules for that contest for further details/explanations. |
Online Method: |
a. Online Contests b. See specific contest rules for that contest for further details/explanations. |
Exceptions and Disclosures: |
a. Prize consists only of the item(s) specifically listed as part of the prize and does not include additional fees, gratuities, travel expenses and or taxes associated with the use of this prize.
b. Prize tickets and the rights associated with that prize reside with the originating company providing the tickets. Prize tickets won on KOLA 99.9 (regardless of method) are not to be sold through any means including online sites, newspapers, magazines or any media that allows sale of items unless a specific permission (obtaining permission is the sole responsibility of the winner and not KOLA 99.9) was secured from the participating sponsor who provided the promotional prize to KOLA 99.9. Rules regarding resale in anyway may result in that prize no longer being valid. Promotional tickets for theme parks are generally considered invalid and not useable if sold in any way to a third party who was not a winner through the above contest. It’s the winner’s responsibility to make sure they are complying with any rules in regards to resale of theme park tickets with that particular theme park who’s tickets they won. KOLA 99.9 is not responsible for replacing a prize that has been deemed invalid later by the participating sponsor at the time of redemption because of a sale to a third party or any other violation of that participating sponsor’s guidelines to promotional items given to KOLA 99.9 for the sole purpose of awarding listeners said items.
c. No proxies and no transfer of eligibility to another person. |