FCC Fines Gow Media's KFNC/Houston $5200 Over Contest

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The FCC is fining Gow Media's Sports KFNC-FM/Mont Belvieu, TX (Houston) $5200 after it violated the Commission's rules when it failed to timely award a contest prize, thereby not conducting the contest substantially as announced or advertised. Specifically, the complainant claims that the advertised prize was an all-expenses-paid vacation to Marival Resort in Mexico in 2016. But after winning the contest, the complainant said he "never received the prize despite many calls, emails and messages."

The complainant also claims that he spoke directly with the "promo director" about this issue, but that the matter remained unresolved through September, 2018. In its Letter of Inquiry (LOI) response, Gow Media asserts that it does not contest the claims made by the complainant. It confirmed that it sponsored the "Bud Light Ultimate Fantasy Draft Party" between August 19, 2015, and January 5, 2016. The advertised grand prize was "a double room for two people for four nights/five days inclusive vacation at the Marival Resort and Suites, located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

https://news.****************/articles/b16329/FCC-Fines-Gow-Medias-KFNC-Houston-$5200-Over-Contest

This compaint is in relation to a trip to Mexico that the station was promoting.