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DOES YOUR STATION HAVE RULES ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN ORDER TO WIN "A PRIZE"?

EXAMPLE: ATLANTIC CITY RADIO MARKET WHO CAN COVER FROM THE MULLICA RIVER TO CAPE MAY. IF A TOURIST OR VISITOR HEARS YOUR CONTEST AND PLAYS AND WINS FROM A RADIO OR TV STATION!! CAN HE HAVE HIS PRIZE, EVEN THOU HE CAME HERE IN A BUS OR CAR FROM LET'S SAY BUFFALO, NY OR ANYWHERE BUT HERE?!?

DOES THE FCC HAVE ACTUAL RULES COVERING THIS? I KNOW RECENTLY A SOUTH JERSEY RADIO UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN FORD, WHO IS GONE NOW, HAD SUCH PROBLEMS WITH "CONTESTS".

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY THINK AND WHAT YOU KNOW?
 
A station I worked for had a winner way outside its coverage area . Even though the winner listened over the internet, she still got her prize and we used it to promote the fact we were streaming on the internet. If a caller happens to get through and is the correct number caller,it shouldn't make a difference where they are. They are listening to your station,nuff said,
 
We frequently get entrants / winners from out of state. But usually always for major prizes like Stainless Grills, Harley cycles, HD sets. Ticket/concert/show winners are usually always local or folk with a summer home here at the shore. No big deal.

AND TURN YOUR CAPS OFF, please.
 
the "Ford" thing...

It had absolutely nothing to do with geography, or where the winner lived. It was a contestant with two active, live phones into the station, being both caller x and caller y, therefore disqualifying themselves. They jammed the switchboard with calls.
 
Correct. There are circumstances when there are residency and/or age restrictions. Case in point, to comply with fed/state laws: a promotion with a beer company "Must be 21 to enter". An adult prize, like a trip or cruise "Must be 18 to enter". Or to comply with sponsor needs: "Must be a resident of New Jersey to enter".

But that stuff is always, or should always, be in the contest rules or the station rules, which are known upfront. If it's in the contest rules, and the "winner" is not eligible because of age or residency, they are disqualified because the rules said that they could not win if the enter.
 
Stations run a "station Rules" spot several times a month to keep the lawyers comfortable. Age, employee/relative restrictions are usually the only thing governing prizes. People from out of town winning prizes happens all of the time, in south jersey anyway, where visitors from the surrounding states is commonplace. I worked for a station in the Cape/Atlantic Market and gave away trips to The Punkin Chunckin Festival in Delaware to a couple visiting from New York.
Something I found MORE distrubing, no time limits on making good on the prizes.
This "station" I worked for, still to this day, takes months to deliver big ticket or cash prizes. We were doing "cash for christmas", $100 cash for listeners to help for the holiday. They didn't even start to payout until after the New Year. :D
So, as far as I can see, the station can do whatever they want as long as they have a disclaimer.
 
The only rule we have at the public radio station I do a couple shifts at is that the the winner must be a "member" of the station. We don't care where in the US the listener lives, so long as they're a subscribing member of the station.. Our contests are for those who support us with their money.
 
Chris, I'm not a lawyer, but I've been in radio long enough to know that requirement is illegal. UNLESS you can join for free. the litmus test is 3 fold: prize, consideration and chance. If a ANY contest has all 3, it's a lottery and illegal.

1. You have a prize.
2. you have chance (to win)

now if 3. consideration is in the mix...it's a no-no. Consideration is usually cleared under "No purchase necessary". Your station forces listeners to join a paying membership. That's a purchase, even at a penny, and is legally consideration. I'd quit that while I was ahead and someone files a complaint.
 
ChrisKMusic said:
The only rule we have at the public radio station I do a couple shifts at is that the the winner must be a "member" of the station. We don't care where in the US the listener lives, so long as they're a subscribing member of the station.. Our contests are for those who support us with their money.
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This is KRFC, correct?

Your friend forever,
Biggus
 
right---so one more question before i move on with all of this , please,

so if a man arrives on the beaches of ocean city, it's june!! and let's say WAYV Radio is giving away tickets to go see Bon Jovi. he calls in and wins. he lives in stafford county virginia. but he won from listening on the air and playing all the silly monkey games and the jumping through the hoops that there morning show puts people through. can he have his tickets, although he is not a resident of "south jersey"?

i would really like to know what you think if actually work in radio now....

thanx
 
Yes, the tickets are his, if there's no upfront residencey or age restrictions.
 
Hi all... NJ native and former resident checking in. I don't think I've posted on this particular board before. I did "A More Formal Hello" introducing myself on the Rochester/Buffalo board if you're curious:
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,92752.0.html

Anyway, a data point with respect to Public Radio contests mentioned earlier: I was listening to Vermont Public Radio on Wednesday and heard a giveaway. It was generally "for members"; but there was the ability to enter even if you were not a member that was announced but certainly not emphasized.

I'm a bit biased on the subject: I wish that Public Radio would be able to keep all the money it raised instead of spending some fraction of it on "thank you gifts" and contests. But I suppose it's necessary and someone's done the math to prove it.

Meanwhile, I believe I've heard residency requirements on some Internet streaming stations that I've listened to.
 
I once heard a caller win a prize on WPUR 107.3. The caller was from Long Island listening to the station on tropo.
 
I once won a contest for a station from a station licensed to Butler, AL.

I live in NJ and was listening over the air from my car in New Jersey, 950 miles away.

I got my prize and I got to be on the air to boot!
 
I have worked at stations where you are required to pick up your prize, so if you are in Alabama,, its a long trip to take for a t-shirt and CD. This was done partly because sometimes tickets went missing in the mail, and the station was too cheap to mail anything.

On the subject,, do giveaways really help increast listening or increase audience?
 
Sometimes listeners claim their tickets got lost in the mail and could we send them more? We had a policy that said if tickets were lost in the mail,too bad. We are not responsible. We would give away 6 Flags tickets and many listeners said they never got them in the mail, Yeah! Right!
 
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