Who Can Enter
1. To be eligible to participate in this contest, entrants must be Illinois
residents who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the WICS-TV
viewing area.
2. Employees of Sinclair Broadcast
Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Sinclair Acquisition
IV, Inc. and any other company which owns, programs or provides other
services to television broadcast station WICS-TV (the “Station”), WICD-TV and ABC, their affiliated
companies, advertising and promotion agencies, any and all local television
broadcast and cable stations, local radio and other media companies,
and the immediate family members of each are ineligible. The term “immediate
families” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children
and grandchildren. Only one winner per household.
How to Enter
1. No purchase is necessary to enter. Only one entry per household.
2. From September 24, 2007 to September
28, 2007, viewers will be asked to call in on a designated telephone
line at a particular time or times during the “Sunrise This Morning” program
which airs weekdays from 5 to 7 A.M. on WICS-TV, channel 20. At the
time that calls are solicited, the criteria for winning will be the
first caller with the correct answer.
3. One or more contests may be announced from time to time. More than
one contest may run simultaneously, but entries will only be solicited
for one contest at a time. Station is not responsible for any telephone
system failure or malfunctions or other inability of entrants to reach
telephone entry line.
4. Five winners (One winner per day) will be selected in accordance
with the criteria announced when calls are solicited. The contest will
be judged by Station personnel, and the decision of the judges will be
final as to all matters, including (i) the order in which calls were
received and (ii) whether any answer required to be given is correct.
5. By calling the designated telephone
line, each contestant gives permission to Station to record and/or
broadcast contestant’s telephone
call. All entries received from ineligible entrants will be void. All
entries become the property of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair
Television Group, Inc. and the Station.
The Prize(s)
1. Five winners will be selected. Each winner will receive a prize package
of various items from ABC primetime shows. Each package is valued at
$20.
2. Winners will be notified at the time of their calls. Before claiming
prizes, winners must provide their correct name, address and telephone
number to Station at the time of notification. Winners must sign and
return a release and affidavit of eligibility, which must be received
within 30 days of notification. Winners must show picture identification
to claim prizes. Station reserves the right to examine additional identification
and may choose to accept or deny awarding the prize based on the identification
presented.
3. Failure to collect the prize within 30 days will constitute forfeiture
of the prize. If forfeited, the prize will remain the property of Station.
Another winner will not be selected.
4. There will be no substitutions or cash alternatives for prizes except
at the sole discretion of Station. The Station has the right to substitute
a prize of similar value. No transfer or assignment of prizes is allowed.
5. The winners are responsible for paying all local, county, state and
federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prizes
as set forth in these rules.
6. Only one prize will be awarded per household.
7. Sinclair Acquisition IV, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are not liable if the provider of any
part of the prize fails to satisfy its obligations to furnish its portion
of the prize.
8. Sinclair Acquisition IV, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are not responsible for any liabilities
arising directly or indirectly from the award or use of the prize.
9. In claiming your prize, you acknowledge that Sinclair Acquisition
IV, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group,
Inc. have the right to publicize your name, character, likeness, photograph,
voice and the fact that you are the winner for promotional purposes without
financial remuneration.
Odds of Winning/Miscellaneous
1. Odds of winning depend on the number and the order in which telephone
calls are received.
2. Complete contest rules are available
Monday through Friday during normal business hours at WICS-TV, 2680
East Cook Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703 and on the Station’s
website at www.wics.com.
3. For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped
envelope to WICS-TV, 2680 East Cook Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703
by October 28, 2007.
4. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and
is void where prohibited. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television
Group, Inc., Sinclair Acquisition IV, Inc. and ABC accept no responsibility
or liability in connection with any injuries, losses or damages of any
kind caused by or resulting from the acceptance, possession or use of
any prize awarded hereunder.
5. Station cannot be held liable for any lost or stolen entries, prizes
or contest information.
6. Station reserves the right to make rules and contest changes and
change the aforementioned contest dates.