Another hazy WIZE memory came back to me. There was a stupid contest, put together by either Jerry Staggs or his puppet PD who's name escapes me at the moment... The contest was called "Pick-Your-Pop" and was a Pepsi promotion, although I rather doubt that Pepsi endorsed it. Third caller got to play the game. The caller had to "pick their pop" or select the Pepsi product of their choice. On a cart in the air studio were a series of jingles for various Pepsi products. If a caller picked "Mountain Dew" and the Mountain Dew jingle played, the caller won a 12 pack of Dew. Simple enough, but here's my issue: The jingles were on a CART. This wasn't any real method for the contest to be random. Granted a 12 pack of pop isn't a high dollar prize, but "Pick Your Pop" didn't really seem "kosher" to me. Not to mention the fact that the listener, on the phone (radio turned down) usually couldn't HEAR the jingle playing clearly. Very lame indeed.
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1340 WIZE
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Sort of like We Cheat, You Lose.
At least no Turkeys were harmed.
"Oh, the humanity!" 8)secondchoice said:At least no Turkeys were harmed.
Not such a stupid contest, I bet you can find some radio station someplace right now doing one just like it. Today the jingles would be on a hard drive but who can say it is truly random.
If I recall correctly there is or was some law that prohibits running a lottery over the air so there had to be some semblance of challenge to win, not just being caller #25. That was why Ruth Lyons had such easy questions during her Christmas fund contest where someone who had donated would have their name drawn. then be called and asked a question to win the prize that in essence they had already won.
By the way as I am typing this the "Chris Young Contest' is playing on my radio. The caller presses a button on their phone, a slot machine sound effect plays and then a voice says some "random" phrases one of which can be "Chris Young". If all three are Chris Young they are a winner.
If I recall correctly there is or was some law that prohibits running a lottery over the air so there had to be some semblance of challenge to win, not just being caller #25. That was why Ruth Lyons had such easy questions during her Christmas fund contest where someone who had donated would have their name drawn. then be called and asked a question to win the prize that in essence they had already won.
By the way as I am typing this the "Chris Young Contest' is playing on my radio. The caller presses a button on their phone, a slot machine sound effect plays and then a voice says some "random" phrases one of which can be "Chris Young". If all three are Chris Young they are a winner.
alans613 said:"Oh, the humanity!" 8)secondchoice said:At least no Turkeys were harmed.
As long as the morning man doesn't screw up and announce the entire promotional budget as the cash prize then all will be well.
nmoore6676 said:Not such a stupid contest, I bet you can find some radio station someplace right now doing one just like it. Today the jingles would be on a hard drive but who can say it is truly random.
If I recall correctly there is or was some law that prohibits running a lottery over the air so there had to be some semblance of challenge to win, not just being caller #25. That was why Ruth Lyons had such easy questions during her Christmas fund contest where someone who had donated would have their name drawn. then be called and asked a question to win the prize that in essence they had already won.
By the way as I am typing this the "Chris Young Contest' is playing on my radio. The caller presses a button on their phone, a slot machine sound effect plays and then a voice says some "random" phrases one of which can be "Chris Young". If all three are Chris Young they are a winner.
There was a radio station in Washington, D.C. that ran a numbers game disguised as a bible moment. The chapter and verses read on the air were the "lucky numbers". The so-called preacher would announce he would read from Leviticus 11, Verse 9-12, the winning numbers were 11, 9 and 12. The FCC caught wind of this little enterprise and promptly executed Ezekiel 25:17.
The legal definition of "lottery" has three elements: payment, chance, and prize. If any one of those is absent, it's not a lottery. Therefore a radio station running a contest that has chance and prize alone has never constituted broadcast of a lottery. Thus the proliferation of the disclaimer "No purchase necessary" to eliminate qualification as a lottery. However, I do agree that it was deceiving in those days when the listener was led to believe that their award from a rotating cart was "random" when in reality it was predetermined by the cuts on the cart.
glieb said:The legal definition of "lottery" has three elements: payment, chance, and prize. If any one of those is absent, it's not a lottery. Therefore a radio station running a contest that has chance and prize alone has never constituted broadcast of a lottery. Thus the proliferation of the disclaimer "No purchase necessary" to eliminate qualification as a lottery. However, I do agree that it was deceiving in those days when the listener was led to believe that their award from a rotating cart was "random" when in reality it was predetermined by the cuts on the cart.
Then again, there is Michael Larson who figured out the "rotation" and made lots of money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson
"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"alans613 said:"Oh, the humanity!" 8)secondchoice said:At least no Turkeys were harmed.
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