Listen to 97.5 The Fanatic for opportunities to win. The following rules apply to all WPEN contests unless the specific contest rules state otherwise. For on-air/call-in contests: Online listeners to the 97.5 The Fanatic web stream may experience a reception delay of up to one minute. Listening to the station’s over-the-air broadcast is the best way to participate in our on-air contests.

Prize
Listen to WPEN for prize details.
Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Non-cash prizes are not redeemable for cash. Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute for any prize with one of equal or greater value. Winners may not request prize substitution. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be claimed or used by any person other than the winner. Winners must claim their prizes in person at the Station offices within 30 days after the end of the contest. Prizes not claimed within the 30-day period will be forfeited.

Eligibility
All entrants must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of the United States residing in WPEN’s terrestrial listening area. Residents of NY and FL are not eligible to participate if the prize is valued at over $5,000. A winner will be disqualified if he/she or a member of his/her household has won a Station contest with a value over $50.00 within the previous 60 days. Winner will also be disqualified if he/she or a member of his/her household has won a prize or prize package from any Greater Media Philadelphia radio station (WBEN-FM, WMGK, WMMR, WNUW, WPEN) valued at One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or greater within the past 365 days. Employees (including their immediate families and members of the same household) of Greater Media Philadelphia, its affiliates (including Station), promotional sponsors, advertising and promotional agencies who do business with Station, and other radio stations in Station’s terrestrial listening area are not eligible to participate in any contest presented by Station. One entry per person; multiple entries will disqualify the entrant. No purchase or other consideration is necessary to participate in this contest.

Release
Winners agree to release and hold harmless the promotion sponsors, Station, Greater Philadelphia Radio, Inc., and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability and any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this contest and any prize won. Winners (and their guests, if any) will be required to sign a form releasing Station and its affiliated companies from all liability in connection with the contest and the award and use of the prize before claiming the prize.Disclaimer
Station undertakes no liability or responsibility, and makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the performance of the prize(s) awarded, for any failure to perform or negligent performance of any service provider, or for any other risk, incident or damage, direct or indirect, relating to or arising out of the contest, including (but not limited to) cancellations, postponements, delays or other scheduling changes; missed events or connections or inability of winner to attend; and accident, injury, damage or expense arising from or occurring during the use of the prize, or travel to/from or attendance at any event relating to the contest, by the winner and/or winner’s guest(s). Station is not responsible for damage to a prize or loss of a prize after the prize has been claimed. Winners must inspect their prizes before leaving the station. Station is not responsible for the failure or malfunction of any telecommunications or computer system, or for lost, late or misdirected contest entries, whether transmitted by mail, telephone, fax or internet.

License
Entry into any contest constitutes full permission for Station and promotion sponsors and their respective affiliates to broadcast and/or to photograph or publish the participant's name, voice, recorded comments, biographical information, face and likeness without compensation.

Taxes
Station will report the total value of each prize to the IRS and will furnish winners with a federal Form 1099. Winners must provide their social security number to Station for tax reporting purposes, and are solely responsible for payment of all taxes incurred as a result of the award of a prize.

General
Failure to conform to all contest rules, or any fraud or other illegal or inappropriate conduct on the part of a contestant, will result in the contestant's disqualification and forfeiture of any prize won. Station reserves the right to rule ineligible listeners who, in Station’s sole judgment, engage in abusive conduct with respect to any contest or promotion conducted by Station or its affiliates. Station reserves the right to make changes in the contest rules at any time, which changes will become effective upon announcement. By taking part in this contest, participants agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the judges, who are employees of Station and whose decisions with respect to all aspects of the contest are final and binding. Copies of written contest rules and the list of winners are available during regular business hours at the Station studio, One Bala Plaza, Suite 339, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Contest is void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

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97.5 The Fanatic “Win Missanelli’s Money” Contest Rules

NO PURCHASE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST; PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING.

How to Enter for a Chance to Win

You must be a 97.5 The Fanatic MVP Club Member to participate in this contest. To become an MVP Club Member, go to www.975thefanatic.com and click on the MVP Club tab at the top of the home page and complete the registration process. There is no fee or other consideration required to become an MVP Club Member. Previously enrolled MVP Club members are not automatically registered for this contest.

 

The contest will run Monday, January 30^th through Friday, February 10^th, 2012. To register for a chance to win, listeners must go to the contest page at www.975thefanatic.com and complete/submit the registration form during the entry period. All entries must be received by 5:00pm on Thursday, February 9^th to be eligible for the contestant drawing. At approximately 5:00pm each weekday from February3^rd through February 9^th, Mike Missanelli will select one entrant by random drawing and will announce the winner’s name on 97.5 The Fanatic. The selected entrant will have 10 minutes to call back to the station on the contest line (215-263-0975). If this entrant does not call back in 10 minutes, an alternate registered MVP member will be selected and called until an entrant calls back within the allotted time. This entrant will play Win Mike Missanelli's Money on the next weekday at approximately 5pm in the 97.5 The Fanatic studios. If the contestant is not able to appear at the 97.5 The Fanatic studio as required, Mike Missanelli will play the contest game with a Station employee, but no prize money will be awarded (it will roll over to the next day).

 

To Win Missanelli's Money, the contestant will be asked a series of trivia questions (up to 5 questions) live on air. The contestant will have 10 seconds to answer each question. The 10 second clock will not begin until after the question is read. Mike Missanelli will remain in a sound proof studio while the trivia questions are being asked and answered. After the contestant's questions are over, Mike Missanelli will be brought back into the on air studio and asked the same series of questions with the same time limits.  The person with the most correct answers is declared the winner.  If both Mike and the contestant have the same amount of correct answers, a final question will be asked and the closest to the correct answer will win. If both Mike and the contestant answer correctly (or incorrectly), another question will be asked until only one person answers correctly.

 

Contestant qualification is subject to FULL phone call completion, and the verification of the caller’s name, address, home phone number, work/cell phone number and social security number, all of which must be provided prior to completion of the call. Contest calls will not be accepted at any other number.

 

Prize

The minimum amount of prize money available will be $500. Whenever Mike Missanelli defeats a contestant, the prize money will roll over to the next day and be added to the total.  The maximum amount of prize money available will be $2,500, which the contestant on Friday, February 10th could potentially receive if all other contestants have lost. If a contestant defeats Mike Missanelli, the prize money for the next contestant goes back to $500.

 

Prize money break down:

 

Monday, February 6th - Prize money = $500

Tuesday, February 7th - Prize money = minimum $500 (or $1,000 if the first contestant loses or ties)

Wednesday, February 8th - Prize money = minimum $500 (potentially up to $1,500)

Thursday, February 9th - Prize money = minimum $500 (potentially up to $2,000)

Friday, February 10th - Prize money = minimum $500 (potentially up to $2,500)

 

Prizes will be paid by company check within four (4) weeks after contest concludes. 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute any prize with one of equal or greater value. Winners may not request prize substitution. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be claimed or used by any person other than the winner. Winners must claim their prizes in person at the 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN offices as instructed by Station personnel. Prizes not claimed as instructed will be forfeited.

Eligibility

All entrants must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of the United States, living or working in the Philadelphia metro survey area (as defined by Arbitron). A winner will be disqualified if he/she or a member of his/her household has won a 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN contest with a value over $50.00 within the previous 60 days. Employees (including their immediate families and members of the same household) of Greater Media Philadelphia, its affiliates, promotion sponsors, advertising and promotional agencies who do business with 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN or any of the promotion sponsors, and other radio stations in the Philadelphia metro survey area (as defined by Arbitron) are not eligible to participate in any contest presented by 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN. The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents and legal guardians, children and legal wards, grandparents, and grandchildren, including “in-laws.” Limit one opportunity to participate in-studio per person during the contest period. Void where prohibited.

Release

By entering, all contestants agree to release and hold harmless the promotion sponsors, 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN, Greater Philadelphia Radio, Inc., and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability and any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this contest and any prize won. Winners will be required to sign a form releasing 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN and its affiliated companies from all liability in connection with the contest and the award and use of the prize before claiming the prize.

Disclaimer

97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN undertakes no liability or responsibility, and makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the performance of the prize(s) awarded, for any failure to perform or negligent performance of any service provider, or for any other risk, incident or damage, direct or indirect, relating to or arising out of the contest, including (but not limited to) cancellations, postponements, delays or other scheduling changes; missed events or connections or inability of winner to attend; and accident, injury, death, damage or expense arising from or occurring during the use of the prize, or travel to/from or attendance at any event relating to the contest, by the winner and/or winner’s guest(s). 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN is not responsible for damage to a prize or loss of a prize after the prize has been claimed. Winners must inspect their prizes before leaving the Station. 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failure or malfunctions, lost or unavailable network or other telecommunications connections, or lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled, disconnected, or delayed contest entries or communications, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in this contest, or by any human error which may occur in the execution of this contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of being conducted as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond the control of 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN, Station reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and/or determine an alternate method of awarding the prize(s).

License

Entry into any contest constitutes full permission for 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN and promotion sponsors and their respective affiliates to broadcast and/or to photograph or publish the participant's name, voice, recorded comments, biographical information, face and likeness without compensation.

Taxes

97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN will report the total value of each prize to the IRS and will furnish winners with a federal Form 1099. Winners must provide their social security number to 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN for tax reporting purposes, and are solely responsible for payment of all taxes incurred as a result of the award of a prize.

General

Failure to conform to all contest rules, or any fraud or other illegal or inappropriate conduct on the part of a contestant, will result in the contestant's disqualification and forfeiture of any prize won. 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN reserves the right to rule ineligible listeners who, in the Station’s sole judgment, engage in abusive conduct with respect to any contest or promotion conducted by 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN or its affiliates. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify this Contest and these Official Rules at any time, which changes will become effective upon announcement. By taking part in this contest, participants agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the judges, who are employees of 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN and whose decisions with respect to all aspects of the contest are final and binding. Copies of written contest rules and the list of winners are available during regular business hours at the 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN studio, One Bala Plaza, Suite 339, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, for 60 days after the contest concludes.

As a condition to participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and all causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Philadelphia, PA having competent jurisdiction, which court shall apply the laws of the State of Pennsylvania without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof. The entrant and 97.5 THE FANATIC/950 ESPN hereby waive any and all right to trial by jury. If any provision of these Official Rules is declared or found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, then such provision will be null and void but each other provision hereof not so affected will be enforced to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.