Official Contest Rules for MOOSE PICK-A-PRESENT

ALPHA MEDIA’S CONTEST-SPECIFIC RULES FOR THE

“MOOSE PICK-A-PRESENT” CONTEST

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.   

These contest-specific rules should be read in conjunction with Alpha Media’s General Contest Rules, which are applicable to all contests conducted by Alpha Media Holdings LLC and/or its subsidiaries (including licensee subsidiaries).  

Sponsors:  WCEN-FM at 1795 Tittabawassee Road, Saginaw, MI 48604; Applied Training Solutions at 6800 Eastman Avenue #304, Midland, MI 48642;  Auto House of Linwood at 933 S. Huron Road, Linwood, MI  48634;  Begick Nursery & Garden Center at 5993 Westside Saginaw Rd, Bay City, MI 48706;  Branham’s Jewelry at 113 West Houghton Ave, West Branch, MI  48661;  Crane’s L&M Appliance & Furniture at 3260 Bay Road, Saginaw, MI  48603;  Excited Goat Coffee Company at 1480 W. Center Road #5, Essexville, MI  48732;  Herman Hiss & Company at 05 Washington Ave, Bay City, MI  48708;  Maple Hill Nursery & Garden Center at 2672 N Eastman Rd, Midland, MI 48642;  Midland Brewing Company at 5011 N. Saginaw Rd, Midland, MI  48642;  Mint Detailing at 7711 Gratiot Rd, Saginaw, MI  48609;  Shanty Creek Resort at 1826 Schuss Mountain Lane, Mancelona, MI  49659;  Super Cute at 5870 Midland Rd, Freeland, MI 48623;  Totally Geek’d at 411 Henry St, Bay City, MI  48706;  Treetops Resort at 3962 Wilkinson Rd, Gaylord, MI 49735;  Wilson’s Cheese Shoppe at 130 N. Mable St, Pinconning, MI  48650;  Wohfeils Ace Hardware at 5818 State St, Saginaw, MI  48603; and W&W Tri-City Liquidation at 3320 Bay Rd #3, Saginaw, MI  48603 (collectively, “Sponsor”).

  1. Promotional Period: The “Moose Pick-A-Present” contest (the “Promotion”) begins on or around November 25, 2024 at 8:10AM/EST and ends at 3:10PM/EST on or about December 20, 2024 or when all available prizes have been awarded, whichever occurs first (the “Promotional Period”).  
  2. Eligibility Restrictions: The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia (except NY and FL) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and who live in the state of Michigan.  Employees of WCEN-FM (the “Station”), its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcast stations in the Station’s listening area, and the members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings or children) or households (whether related or not) are ineligible to participate or win.  This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Void outside the United States, in NY and FL, as applicable, and where prohibited.  

Only one winner per household is permitted for the duration of the Contest.

Participants must sign all contest release and waiver forms before accepting the prize.

Entrants are required to provide truthful information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent.  The Station will disqualify any entry from any individual who does not meet the eligibility requirements, and will also delete any entry as required by law.

  1. Entry Method:  To participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following method(s).

VIA TELEPHONE – At the time of their call to the studio contest lines (989-755-0945), entrants must provide all requested information, including their first and last name, complete postal address (street, city, state, and zip code), email address, telephone number, and date of birth.  Use of any device to automate entry is prohibited.  Proof of submission of an entry shall not be deemed proof of receipt by Station.  The Promotion administrator’s telephone system is the official time keeping device for the Promotion.  

  1. Prizes:  One (1) $100 gift card to Branham’s Jewelry; one (1) cheese basket valued at $100 from Wilson’s Cheese Shoppe (this prize will be distributed to winner by client and not WCEN-FM);  one (1) Thunder Cats sword valued at $150 from Totally Geek’d; $100 towards a pallet from W&W Tri-City Liquidation;  one (1) $100 gift card to Herman Hiss & Company;  one (1) $100 gift card to Maple Hill Nursery & Garden Center; two (2) $100 gift cards to Begick Nursery & Garden Center;  one (1) Toro Powerjet F700 high power electric blower valued at $100 from Wohfeil’s Ace Hardware (this prize will be distributed to winner by client and not by WCEN-FM);  one (1) Suncast all-weather 50 gallon deck box valued at $100 from Wohfeil’s Ace Hardware (this prize will be distributed to winner by client and not by WCEN-FM);  one (1) medium firm queen size mattress with cool touch cover valued at $499 from Crane’s L&M Appliance and Furniture (this prize will be distributed to winner by client and not by WCEN-FM);  two (2) CPL classes valued at $300 from Applied Training Solutions;  one (1) 12 oz bag of coffee per month for one year valued at $156 from Excited Goat Coffee Company;  one (1) pair of tickets to see Post Malone with Morgan Wallen at Ford Field on May 18th from WCEN-FM;  one (1) overnight stay and lift passes for two valued at $350 from Treetops Resort;  one (1) $100 gift card to Midland Brewing Company;  $100 towards detailing services from Mint Detailing;  one (1) gift basket valued at $156 from Super Cute;  a two (2) night stay and two (2) ski lift tickets valued at $678 from Shanty Creek Resort.

All winners of above prizes are qualified to win the grand prize, chosen at random, of a set of new tires (up to $1,000) from Auto House of Linwood.

  1. Winner Selection and NotificationDecisions of Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.

At each contest time, the designated caller will choose two numbered “presents”.  If the prize associated with those numbers match, the caller wins that prize and is qualified to win the grand prize.  Grand prize winner will be announced one business day after the last qualifying prize is awarded and winner will be notified via phone number provided that day.

  1.   Conditions:

a.  Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner(s).  Winner(s) will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent including a winner’s full Social Security Number for receipt of any prize valued at $600 or more or for any prizes awarded by the station conducting the Promotion (in combination with any prizes won in Promotions run by any other Alpha radio station) in a calendar year with an aggregate value of $600 or more.  Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.

b.  Participating in the Promotion and acceptance of a prize constitutes a winner’s and guest’s (where applicable) permission for the Alpha or its agents to photograph, film and record each winner, and to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness, photograph, voice, biographical information and/or any statements made by him/her regarding the Promotion or its sponsors for  purposes of trade, publicity or promotion without additional financial or other compensation, and, Alpha may, where legal, require a winner (and guest or travel companion, where applicable) to sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize.  It is the responsibility of the winner(s) to ensure that their guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return any required release.  In the case of a conflict in this paragraph 3 b and any similar paragraph in contest specific rules the general specific rules will govern.

c.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the Promotion, you:

           i.          agree to grant Alpha a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast, exhibit, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, distribute and otherwise exploit any items (including any photos, videos, audio, or written material) submitted as part of your contest entry (the “Materials”), or any portion thereof, in any manner and in any and all formats and media now known or hereafter devised, without payment to you or any third party;

           ii.           acknowledge that Alpha reserves the right, in its sole discretion, not to use the Materials at all; and

           iii.          represent and warrant that: you are at least as old as the age of majority in your state; you have the full legal right, power and authority to grant to Alpha the license provided for herein; you own or control the complete exhibition and other rights to the Materials you submitted for the purposes contemplated in this license; you are either the parent (or legal guardian) of any minor featured in the Materials or have received the express consent of the parent (or legal guardian) for any such minor to appear in the Materials and to enter the minor’s likeness in the Materials in the contest; and neither the Materials nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall infringe upon or violate the right of privacy or right of publicity of, or constitute a libel or slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, any person or entity.

d.  Prior to awarding any prize or prize certificate, and depending on the nature of the prize and eligibility requirements of the Promotion, Alpha in its sole discretion may require verification of Promotion winner’s or winners’ identification by a showing of valid government-issued photo identification. 

e.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winner(s) and guests (if applicable) agree to release and hold harmless the station conducting the Promotion, its sponsor(s) and promotional partner(s), its advertising and promotion agencies, any social media platform utilized in the conduct of the Promotion (including but not limited to Facebook, Inc.) and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns of each of them (collectively, the “Released Parties”) against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the Promotion.  Alpha may also require eligible Promotion winner(s) and their guests or travel companions, if any (as well as each of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if winner(s), guest(s) or travel companion(s) are under the age of majority in their state of residence), to sign a liability release confirming such consent.  It is the responsibility of the winner(s) to ensure that their guest(s) or travel companion(s) sign and return any required release. 

f.  The station conducting the Promotion, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person (and all of their entries) from this Promotion if he or she tampers with the entry process, the operation of the Promotion, or the operation of the station’s website, Facebook Page, and/or any other social networking site used in the Promotion, or is otherwise in violation of the rules.  The station conducting the Promotion further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Promotion, or any part of it, if it is not capable of completion as planned or if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond the station’s control, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion as determined by the station in is sole discretion.  Any attempt by an entrant or any person to deliberately damage any station website, Facebook Page, and/or any other social networking site used in the Promotion or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws.  Should such an attempt be made, the Alpha reserves the right to seek full prosecution and/or damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law.  The station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of this provision.  If due to circumstances beyond the control of the station conducting the Promotion, any competition or prize-related event or travel is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the station reserves the right, but not the obligation, to modify, terminate, suspend or cancel the Promotion and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.

g.  The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement of a prize; (ii) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties, malfunctions, disconnections, other technological failures, telephone service outages, delays, dropped calls, or busy signals, or any other difficulties that may prevent an individual from sending or receiving a text message; or (iii) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete, incorrect, or late entries.  Further, the Released Parties are not responsible if any part of a Promotion prize cannot be awarded due to acts of god, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond Alpha’s control.

    7.  Official Rules and Winner List: To obtain a copy of the General Contest Rules, these contest-specific rules, or a list of winner(s) following completion of the Promotion (please specify which), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (VT residents may omit return postage) specifying “General Contest Rules,” “Contest-Specific Rules,” or “Winner List” to “Moose Pick-A-Present” Winner List or Official Rules Request, ℅ WCEN-FM, 1795 Tittabawassee Road, Saginaw, MI 48604.  A copy of the General Contest Rules, contest-specific rules, and a list of winner(s) (when complete) are also available during regular business hours at the main studio of WCEN-FM at 1795 Tittabawassee Road in Saginaw, MI.  All such requests must be received within thirty (30) days following completion of the Promotion.

    8. Terms of Use Agreement & Privacy Policy:  The Terms of Use Agreement of the station conducting the Promotion is located here:  https://www.945themoose.com/terms-of-use/ .  The Privacy Policy of the station conducting the Promotion is located here:  https://www.945themoose.com/privacy-policy/ .