HOWARD STERN "WORLD'S MEANEST LISTENER"
CONTEST RULES
1.
How to Enter the Contest
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a. The "WORLD'S MEANEST LISTENER" contest will begin on November 4, 2002 and end on December 20, 2002 (the "Contest Dates"). All entries must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on November 26, 2002.
b. The Howard Stern Show will solicit listeners to submit a cassette or CD ONLY, no more than one minute in length, roasting personalities on the Howard Stern Show to WXRK, attn: Howard Stern, 40 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. Submissions must be received by 5:00 pm on November 26, 2002. All entries must contain name, address, day and night time phone number, date of birth and email address. Any entrant under the age of 18 must provide proof of consent by parent or legal guardian including a phone number that the parent or legal guardian can be reached.
c. Each cassette or CD submission must be the original creative work of the entrant and must not contain copyrighted materials or any other materials that may be restricted, prohibited, or outlawed by federal, state, or local laws. To be eligible for consideration in the contest, each entrant selected as a finalist must sign a Publicity Release in order to be certified as a finalist and continue in the contest.
d. WXRK is not responsible for lost, stolen, mutilated, misdelivered, postage due, illegible or untimely entries.
e. All entries will become the property of WXRK or Infinity and will not be returned. WXRK or Infinity may use each cassette or CD submission in any manner or medium. WXRK, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any entry if such cassette or CD submission contains illegal, indecent or otherwise offensive material, or if such cassette or CD submission contains material whose content is deemed at the sole discretion of WXRK to be unsuitable for public performance or broadcast on WXRK (i.e. Entries must be radio clean).
2.
Eligibility Restrictions
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a. The contest is open to all WXRK listeners who are legal residents of the United States, 13 years of age or older at time of entry. Any entrant under the age of 18 must provide proof of consent by parent or legal guardian including a phone number that the parent or legal guardian can be reached. Contest is void in overseas U.S. territories, possessions, commonwealths and military installations, and where prohibited by law. Employees of WXRK, its licensee, its parent corporation, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation and Viacom Inc., Goldenpalace.com, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, any other prize sponsor, and any entity involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfillment of the contest, other radio stations in the New York City metropolitan area and the members of their immediate families are ineligible to participate or win.
b. Listeners are eligible to win a WXRK contest only once every sixty days and a prize valued at $600 or more only once every six months. Only one winner per household is permitted in any contest.
c. Finalist will be required to sign a participant release.
d. One Internet vote per e-mail address each day between December 16, 2002 and December 19, 2002. Internet voting will begin at 6:00 am Eastern Time and end at 6:00 pm Eastern Time each day. Internet votes will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of voting. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization that is responsible by assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
3.
Prizes
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a. The Grand Prize is $25,000 Cash and a 2003 Dodge Durango courtesy of Gary Barbera's #1 Dodgeland in Philadelphia and is valued at approximately $28,267.00 -
www.garybarbera.com
.. The Dodge Durango will be awarded in "As Is" condition.
b. Contest prizes are not transferable. Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash.
4.
Selection of Winners
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a. Between November 27, 2002 and December 6, 2002, the Howard Stern Show Staff ("the Staff"), in its sole discretion, will select ten (10) First Round Qualifying Finalists based on the cassette and CD submissions. The Staff reserves the right to select what entrants will be selected as First Round Qualifying Finalists from among the cassette and CD submissions based on their judgment of entertainment value.
b. The First Round Qualifying Finalists will be contacted by phone between December 6, 2002 and December 16, 2002. If the potential winner(s) cannot be contacted within three (3) days, the Staff will select an alternate First Round Qualifying Finalist at the Staff's sole discretion. Decisions of the Staff with respect to the contest are final.
c. The ten (10) First Round Qualifying Finalists as determined above, must agree to perform new material roasting Howard Stern personalities live on-air from the WXRK studio on December 16, 2002. No material submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round may be used. The Staff, in its sole discretion and opinion, reserves the right to disqualify finalists if they use material, or any part thereof, submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round. Station will provide finalists with transportation or airfare to and from New York City and hotel accommodations for any night(s) finalists are required to stay.
d. On December 16, 2002, the First Round Qualifying Finalists will perform their new material roasting Howard Stern personalities on the Howard Stern Show. Between 6:00 am Eastern Time on Monday, December 16, 2002 and 6:00 pm Eastern Time, WXRK listeners will be able to visit and register at the
www.goldenpalace.com
website and submit their vote for the top First Round Qualifying Finalist. Only one (1) vote per person and per e-mail address will be accepted. All voters must electronically submit their names, e-mail addresses, and dates of birth for verification purposes. Judging will be based on the number of online votes. For purposes of these Official Rules, "receipt" of an online vote occurs when the
www.goldenpalace.com
servers record the entry information upon clicking the "Vote" button. Any automated computer receipt (such as one confirming delivery of e-mail) does not constitute proof of actual receipt by
www.goldenpalace.com
of an online entry for purposes of these Official Rules. Each online entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. WXRK is not responsible for votes not received due to difficulty accessing the Internet, service outages or delays, computer or software difficulties, technical problems relating to submissions, or other technological glitches.
e. On December 17, 2002, the ten (10) First Round Qualifying Finalists must appear on the Howard Stern Show. The Staff will select four (4) Second Round Qualifying Finalists from the First Round Qualifying Finalists to stay and perform new material roasting Howard Stern personalities live on the Howard Stern Show. No material submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round may be used nor any material used in previous rounds. The Staff, in its sole discretion and opinion, reserves the right to disqualify finalists if they use material, or any part thereof, submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round or any material used in previous rounds. The Second Round Qualifying Finalists will be based upon the Internet vote tally from the previous day. The Second Round Qualifying Finalists will be the four entrants, receiving the highest number of Internet votes on the
www.goldenpalace.com
website. In the event of a tie, the Second Round Qualifying Finalists will be selected by the Staff in their sole discretion. Between 6:00 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 and 6:00 pm Eastern Time, WXRK listeners will be able to visit and register at the
www.goldenpalace.com
website and submit their vote for the top Second Round Qualifying Finalist.
f. On December 18, 2002, the four (4) Second Round Qualifying Finalists must appear on the Howard Stern Show. The Staff will select three (3) Third Round Qualifying Finalists from the Second Round Qualifying Finalists to stay and perform new material roasting Howard Stern personalities live on the Howard Stern Show. No material submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round may be used nor any material used in previous rounds. The Staff, in its sole discretion and opinion, reserves the right to disqualify finalists if they use material, or any part thereof, submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round or any material used in previous rounds. The Third Round Qualifying Finalists will be based upon the Internet vote tally from the previous day. The Third Round Qualifying Finalists will be the three entrants, receiving the highest number of Internet votes on the
www.goldenpalace.com
website. In the event of a tie, the Third Round Qualifying Finalists will be selected by the Staff in their sole discretion. Between 6:00 am Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 18, 2002 and 6:00 pm Eastern Time, WXRK listeners will be able to visit and register at the
www.goldenpalace.com
website and submit their vote for the top Third Round Qualifying Finalist.
g. On December 19, 2002, the three (3) Third Round Qualifying Finalists must appear on the Howard Stern Show. The Staff will select two (2) Semi-Finalists from the Third Round Qualifying Finalists to stay and perform new material roasting Howard Stern personalities live on the Howard Stern Show. No material submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round may be used nor any material used in previous rounds. The Staff, in its sole discretion and opinion, reserves the right to disqualify finalists if they use material, or any part thereof, submitted by cassette or CD in the First Round or any material used in previous rounds. The Semi-Finalists will be based upon the Internet vote tally from the previous day. The Semi-Finalists will be the two entrants, receiving the highest number of Internet votes on the
www.goldenpalace.com
website. In the event of a tie, the Semi-Finalists will be selected by the Staff in their sole discretion. Between 6:00 am Eastern Time on Thursday, December 19, 2002 and 6:00 pm Eastern Time, WXRK listeners will be able to visit and register at the
www.goldenpalace.com
website and submit their vote for the top Semi-Finalist.
h. On December 20, 2002, the two (2) Semi-Finalists must appear on the Howard Stern Show. The Grand Prize winner will be announced during the Howard Stern Show on December 20, 2002. The Grand Prize winner will be based upon the Internet vote tally from the previous day. The Grand Prize winner will be the Semi-Finalist receiving the highest number of Internet votes on the
www.goldenpalace.com
website. In the event of a tie, the Grand Prize winner will be selected by the Staff in their sole discretion.
5.
Conditions
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a. Payment of all federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winners may be required to sign an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent. The contest winner is not entitled to receive any form of substitution for the grand prize. The contest winner shall bear the costs of all taxes, motor vehicle fees and other fees not related to the cost of the grand prize.
b. By participating in the contest, the entrants agree to have their name, voice or likeness used in any advertising, Internet (
www.goldenpalace.com
) or broadcasting material relating to this contest, the station or Infinity, without additional financial or other compensation, and participants will sign a publicity release confirming such consent. The First Round Qualifying Finalists and all Qualifying Finalists for the aforesaid rounds must agree to perform new material on-air from the WXRK studio between December 16, 2002 and December 20, 2002 at 40 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 and said performance may be used and broadcast in connection with the contest or otherwise in connection with Infinity. Further, by participating in this contest, entrants consent to the unrestricted use, editing, listening, performance, broadcast, distribution and/or duplication of their audio tape or CD submission by WXRK or Infinity without any additional financial or other compensation. Under no circumstances will WXRK be held liable or responsible for the content of the cassette or CD submission or for the authorized or unauthorized performance, broadcast, distribution or duplication of any cassette or CD.
c. Prior to awarding any prize, WXRK in its sole discretion may require contest winners to sign a liability release, agreeing to hold the Sponsor, WXRK, its corporate licensee, affiliated companies and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the contest.
d. WXRK, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the voting process, the operation of the
www.goldenpalace.com
website or who is otherwise in violation of the rules. The station further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the contest if it is not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.
e. WXRK reserves the right to make changes in the rules of the contest, including the substitution of a prize or prizes of equivalent or greater value, which will become effective upon announcement.
f. Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant's disqualification, at the sole discretion of WXRK.
g. WXRK is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of a prize.
h. For a copy of the written contest rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (VT residents may omit postage) to: "Howard Stern Show – "Roast Your Host" Contest Rules c/o WXRK, 40 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.