Country CHOK Contest Rules
1. THE CONTESTS
These Rules and Regulations apply to all contests running on CHOK-AM (the ?Contests?).
2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
3. ELIGIBITY
The Contests are open to residents of Ontario who are Eighteen (18) years of age or older (unless otherwise specified), but excluding employees, directors and officers of CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., any affiliate (as defined in the Canada Business Corporations Act) of CHOK-AM, or Blackburn Radio Inc. (the ?Affiliates?), employees, directors and officers of the Contest sponsor(s) (the ?Sponsor(s)?), employees, directors and officers of their respective advertising and promotional agencies, as well as family members of any of the foregoing.
4. HOW TO ENTER AND HOW TO WIN
Listen to CHOK-AM for specific instructions on how to enter and win each Contest.
5. THE PRIZE(S)
The Prizes may include, without limitation, CDs, DVDs, gift certificates, concert or movie tickets, books, and passes to local festivals.
6. DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING PRIZES
The Prize winner must claim the Prize within thirty (30) days of winning (the ?Deadline?). If the Prize winner fails either to claim the Prize or inform CHOK-AM, as the case may be, of his or her inability to claim the Prize before the Deadline, his or her entry will be forfeited.
7. EXPENSES
The Prize winner is responsible for all incidental expenses incurred in connection with accepting the Prize, including, but not limited transportation costs to and from the offices or studios of CHOK-AM, as the case may be, to claim the Prize (the ?Expenses?). The Prize winner understands that he or she may not seek reimbursement for the Expenses from CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the Affiliates, the Sponsor(s) or their respective advertising and promotional agencies.
8. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES PERMITTED
Only one entry per person per household is permitted for any particular Contest. Multiple entries will be discarded. No more than one Grand Prize will be awarded to any person within any calendar month. Entrants will be required to show valid identification when claiming any Prize, and entrants who breach this condition of entry will be disqualified. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are reproduced, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
9. CHANCES OF WINNING
Chances of winning depend on the number of listeners of CHOK-AM at the time of any of the Contests.
10. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
None of CHOK-AM, or Blackburn Radio Inc. makes any representation or offers any warranty, express or implied, as to the quality or fitness of the Prize. The Prize winner understands and acknowledges that he or she may not seek reimbursement or pursue any legal or equitable remedy from CHOK-AM or Blackburn Radio Inc. should the Prize fail to be fit for its purpose or is in any way unsatisfactory to the Prize winner. In the event that a Prize consists of tickets to an event that has been cancelled or postponed, no substitution will be offered.
11. DECLARATION AND RELEASE OF PRIZE WINNER
Before being awarded the Prize the Prize winner must:
Sign a standard form confirming that by entering the Contest:
a) he or she read, understood and accepted these rules and regulations;
b) that he or she understands that acceptance of the Prize may involve danger
and/or exposure to risks and hazards of both man-made and natural origin,
whether arising from foreseeable or unforeseeable human error and negligence,
and that, as a result, he or she may suffer damage to personal property, serious
personal injury, illness or even death;
c) that he or she nevertheless freely and voluntarily agrees and does hereby
assume any and all risks of personal injury, illness, death arising out of
or connected with his or her participation in the Contest and winning the
Prize; and
d) that he or she releases CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the Affiliates,
the Sponsor(s), and all of their directors, officers, employees, agents as
well as their respective advertising and promotional agencies (collectively,
the ?Releasees?) from any and all liability arising in connection with participation
in the Contest and acceptance of the Prize, including, without limitation,
any financial, legal or moral responsibility or loss or personal injury including
death or damage to or loss of property suffered or incurred or arising from
participating in the Contest or accepting the Prize, whether suffered by the
Prize winner, or by his or her heirs, administrators, personal representatives
or executors, and notwithstanding that such injuries or losses may have been
caused solely or partly by any act, omission, negligence or gross negligence
of any or all of the Releasees.
12. PRIZE TO BE ACCEPTED AS AWARDED
The decision of the Contest judges is final, and the Prize must be accepted as awarded. No portion of the Prize is transferable. The Prize is not redeemable for cash and no substitute for any portion of the Prize is offered. Should the Prize winner be unable to claim the Prize as awarded, his or her entry will be forfeited and another eligible Contest participant will be selected.
14. SUBSTITUTION OR CHANGE TO THE CONTESTS
CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the Sponsor(s) and their respective advertising and promotional agencies reserve the right to substitute the Prize or any component thereof for those of approximately the same value and reserve the right to change the Contest rules or terminate or withdraw the Contest at any time, without prior notice.
15. OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES
All entries shall become the property of CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the
Sponsor(s) and their advertising and promotional agencies. The Releasees assume
no responsibility for lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise indecipherable
entries due to any failure or technical malfunction of the telephone network,
on-line computer systems of equipment, servers, access providers, software,
poor reception, technical problems, failure of any email or submission or
due to any other reason regardless of cause.
16. CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONALITY
By entering a Contest, each entrant, including the Prize winner consents to the use of his or her name, city of residence, photograph, voice, likeness, image or any other aspect of his or her personality for any publicity and programming purposes, commercial or otherwise, in all media used by CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the Sponsor(s), promoters and their advertising and promotional agencies, without any payment or compensation. The Prize winner further agrees that his or her audio reaction may be used for on-air promotional purposes. The entrants understand and acknowledge that CHOK-AM may contact him or her on-air without prior knowledge as a result of his or her participation in a Contest.
17. CONSENT TO COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing personal information including, but not limited to, name, address, city, email address, home and office telephone numbers (the ?Registrant Information?), each Contest entrant grants permission to CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., and the Sponsor(s) to the collection and use of the Registrant Information for the exclusive purpose of administering the Contest and selecting the Prize winner(s). No correspondence will take place between CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc., the Sponsor(s) and the entrants except in connection with any particular Contest and, in the case of the Prize winner, as a result of entering a Contest and winning the Prize.
18. WHERE CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS AVAILABLE
These rules and regulations are available online at www.chok.com, or at the offices of CHOK-AM located at 1415 London Road, Sarnia, Ontario, N7S 1P6
19. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTEST RULES
All contestants agree to abide by the Contest Rules, which are subject to change at the sole discretion of CHOK-AM, Blackburn Radio Inc. and the Sponsor(s).
20. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
This Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, provincial, territorial and municipal laws and regulations of Canada and of each province, territory and municipality of Canada, respectively.