The online rules must contain the information noted below.
- How to enter and participate? Explain in detail:
| Beginning Monday, February 10, 2025, thru Friday, February 28, 2025, KOOL-98.3 and KMIT will give listeners the chance to “Live Free for the month of February!”
Listeners can qualify by calling into any of the qualifying on-air contests. There will be three (3) contests on each station each weekday during the promotion period. Contesting will include announcing a “winning word of the hour” early in the designated contest hour. Later in that same hour, the announcer will ask for that hour’s winning word. The first caller with the correct winning word is qualified. Contesting hours will be between 6 am and 6 pm CST. Listeners must call the contest line at (605) 996-1100 or (605) 996-1751 and provide the announcer with the winning word of the hour.” Any entry on behalf of another person or using another person’s name or phone number is disqualified and ineligible to win any prize. Listeners may only qualify one (1) time throughout the duration of the qualifying period. KOOL-98.3 qualifiers are ineligible to qualify on KMIT, and vise versa. KOOL-98.3 and KMIT is not responsible for any difficulties contacting KOOL-98.3 and KMIT or entering the Contest, any malfunctions or errors, whether technical or typographical or human error, experienced due to overload, internet availability or texting server issues. KOOL-98.3 and KMIT does not guarantee, and shall not be responsible for, the delivery or timeliness of any electronic entry. “No purchase necessary. Prize is not transferable nor redeemable for cash.” KOOL-98.3 and KMIT contests are open to all South Dakotan’s 21 or older who have not won anything on KOOL-98.3 or KMIT 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. KOOL-98.3, KMIT, Mitchell Radio Group, Saga Communications of South Dakota, 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 the Mitchell Radio Group 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 current legal guardian. |
- Entry Deadlines? Include all applicable deadlines: entry, qualification and/or voting.
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| Entry | Participants must listen weekdays from Feb. 10-28 from 6am – 6 pm for qualifying opportunities. | ||
| Qualification | Must not have won anything in the last 30 days. | ||
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- When prizes can be won? Date?
| The grand prize winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Monday, March 3, 2025.
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- The extent, nature, and value of the prizes?
Exactly what is the prize and prize value (usually retail).
| The grand prize consists of up to $700 toward rent/mortgage, and payment of heat and electric bills up to $250 total. |
- Basis for valuation of the prizes
As noted above, usually retail. If airline, hotel with costs to be determined, then “approximate retail.”
| Prizes are approximate market value.
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- Time and means of selection of winner (and/or tie breaking procedures)
Winner will be chosen on:
(Describe how the winner will be chosen. For example, “at random”… judge’s decision based on (provide judging criteria… keep it simple)
| Winner will be chosen by random selection from all qualifiers from the KOOL-98.3 and KMIT qualifiers’ lists.
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- Eligibility restrictions
Sample language: (station) contests are open to all eligible (location/state) 18 or older have not won anything on (station) 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.
Employees of (station), (radio group name), 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 the (station) 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 current legal guardian.
Note: 18 is the default age. You can allow younger participants but it must be stated. If an alcohol sponsor is involved, then age must be changed to 21 or older.
| No purchase necessary. Prize is not redeemable or transferable for cash.
KOOL-98.3 and KMIT contests are open to all South Dakotan’s 21 or older who have not won anything on KOOL-98.3 or KMIT 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. KOOL-98.3, KMIT, Mitchell Radio Group, Saga Communications of South Dakota, 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 the Mitchell Radio Group 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 current legal guardian.
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- When prizes will be awarded
Sample language: We will make reasonable efforts to award Prizes within 30 days after winning.
| We will make reasonable efforts to award prizes within 30 days after winning.
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- Proposed on-air copy (to drive listeners to the website):
Have you established a conspicuous link or tab to material contest terms on the home page of the Internet Web site?
Link or tab to rules on URL:___________________________
| KOOL-98.3/KMIT wants to help PAY your bills for the month of February…all you have to do is PAY attention!
It’s the KOOL-98.3/KMIT and Mitchell Rec Center “Live Free for a Month” contest. KOOL-98.3/KMIT will help pay your rent or mortgage, as well as your heat and electricity. Be listening this month for your chance to qualify to Live Free! Complete contest rules are available online at KOOL-98.3-dot-com/KMIT-dot-com. Good luck!
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Complete Rules must be posted on website.
Announcements: The online rules must include all 8 material terms (See Note 1 (b) to the Contest Rule – Appendix). Announce over the air periodically the availability of material contest terms on the Web site and identify the Web site address where the terms are posted with information sufficient for a consumer to find such terms easily. Any changes to the material terms during the course of the contest must be fully disclosed on air within 24 hours following the change on the Web site and periodically thereafter or the fact that such changes have been made must be announced on air within 24 hours of the change, and periodically thereafter, and such announcements must direct participants to the written disclosures on the Web site. Material contest terms that are disclosed on an Internet Web site must be consistent in all substantive respects with those mentioned over the air.
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KOOL-98.3/KMIT is giving you a chance to “Live Free for the Month of February!” Listen for your chance to qualify each weekday from February 10-28. Contesting will include giving a “winning word of the hour” early in the designated contest hour. Later in that same hour, the announcer will ask for that hour’s winning word. The first caller with the correct winning word is qualified. There will be three (3) qualifying contests each weekday on each station. Contesting hours will be between 6 am and 6 pm CST. Listeners must call the contest line at (605) 996-1100 or (605) 996-1751 and provide the announcer with the winning word of the hour.” Any entry on behalf of another person or using another person’s name or phone number is disqualified and ineligible to win any prize. Listeners may only qualify one (1) time on either station during the qualifying period. KOOL-98.3 qualifiers are ineligible to qualify on KMIT, and vise versa. The Grand Prize winner will be randomly drawn from all qualifiers on KMIT and KOOL-98.3 and announced on Monday, March 3, 2025. Listeners from both stations will be competing for the same prize package. The grand prize includes up to $700 towards rent/mortgage for the month of February, and up to $250.00 towards invoiced and paid electric and heat bills. The winner must submit paid rent/mortgage and utility statements for reimbursement. The grand prize is limited to reimbursement. If the winner’s rent/mortgage is less than $700 and/or winner’s electricity and heat bills are less than $250, the winner will not receive any additional amount beyond what they owe, have paid and submit for reimbursement. Reimbursement will be in the form of a check issued by Mitchell Radio Group/Saga Communications to the winning individual. Winner is responsible for any applicable taxes. Full rules may be reviewed at www.kool98.com or www.kmit.com. The winner will be contacted by phone and/or e-mail on March 3, 2025. We will make all reasonable efforts to award the prize within 30 days of winning. KOOL-98.3 and KMIT is not responsible for any difficulties contacting KOOL-98.3 and KMIT or entering the Contest, any malfunctions or errors, whether technical or typographical or human error, experienced due to overload, internet availability or texting server issues. KOOL-98.3 and KMIT does not guarantee, and shall not be responsible for, the delivery or timeliness of any electronic entry. “No purchase necessary. Prize is not transferable nor redeemable for cash.” KOOL-98.3 and KMIT contests are open to all South Dakotan’s 21 or older who have not won anything on KOOL-98.3 or KMIT 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. KOOL-98.3, KMIT, Mitchell Radio Group, Saga Communications of South Dakota, 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 the Mitchell Radio Group 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 current legal guardian. The “Live Free for a Month” contest is brought to you by: The Mitchell Rec Center, Farm Bureau Financial Services with agents Rocky Niewenhuis and Brian Bergeleen, The Window Shop, AgTegra of Stickney & Woonsocket, and Corona and Modelo. Good luck!
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