These are the contest rules governing all contest on 1580 & its website unless otherwise stated.
1. No purchase is necessary to enter any contest. For free admission information call (706) 576-3565 during normal business hours; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
2. To be eligible to win any prize on you must not have won anything on the station in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $1,000 or more in the past year. Some contests will have specific rules that may amend these eligibility values, and these rules will be aired on a specific station during said contest. 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.
3. Anytime you call the radio station studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record it for later broadcast.
4. As a winner of a DBI Columbus station contest, your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes.
5. Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. DBI COlumbus reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
6. All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the DBI Columbus offices prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
7. In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), DBI Columbus’ delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as the station awarding the prize to the winner. DBI Columbus and its stations shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. DBI Columbus stations shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
8. All DBI Columbus station contests are open to all eligible U.S. residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to DBI Columbus that will be presented to the stations and accepted before the prize is awarded.
9. Winners will be expected to claim prize at the DBI Columbus offices, 2203 Wynnton Rd., Columbus, GA. 31906 between 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize which will be specifically stated.
10. Employees of DBI Columbus its parent corporation, Davis Broadcasting thir advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each, and principals and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the DBI Columbus stations main studio are not eligible to win any contest.
11. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Contest is void were prohibited.
12. DBI Columbus stations reserve the right to disqualify any winner if any contest rules are violated in any way.
13. The radio stations of DBI Columbus, and its parent corporation as described above, assume no liability for any matters, situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest on any DBI Columbus radio station and its parent corporations as described above, their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each absolve themselves and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
15. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, DBI Columbus reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of DBI Columbus management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
16. DBI Columbus reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. The judges’ decision is always final.
17. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: (706) 596-0957. The person operating the telephone at DBI Columbus has the final decision as to who is the winning caller.
18. DBI Columbus radio stations shall have no responsibility for failure to win or claim any prize based on difficulties with telephone, facsimile, email, or internet difficulties, or any circumstances in any contest.
19. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on DBI Columbus radio station web sites:
a. All appropriate information in required fields must be filled out or you will be disqualified.
b. To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of WIOL, WFXE, WKZJ, WEAM, WEAM-AM or WOKS-AM as defined at the exclusive discretion of DBI Columbus management.
c. Any problems with the internet or email are not DBI Columbus' responsibility.
20. A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the DBI Columbus radio station studios; 2203 Wynnton Rd. Columbus, GA. 31906.
