Trey songz love faces contest!

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility. The Trey Songz Love Faces Contest (the “Contest”) is open and offered only to legal residents of the United States residing within the listening area of WHTA-FM who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older.  Employees of WHTA-FM, Radio One, Inc., (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other radio stations, internet sites, print and other media companies used to promote the Contest and the immediate family members or those living in the same household of any of the above are not eligible to participate or win. For purposes of this Contest, immediate family members mean spouses, parents, children and siblings and their respective spouses. Void where prohibited.  Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Persons who have won a prize in another contest or promotion of any kind from WHTA-FM within the thirty-day (30) period immediately preceding the start date of this Contest are not eligible to participate.

The Contest begins on January 24, 2011 and ends on February 10, 2011 (“Contest Period”).  Once submitted, all entries and accompanying photographs will become the property of Sponsor and none will be returned. 

2. How to Enter:

• To enter, the contestant must upload one (1) picture via www.HotSpotATL.com. Contestants may only enter once.  Entries must be received by 5pm EST on February 6, 2011 or they will be void.  Sponsors and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates or their representatives, agents and employees are not responsible for the inability of any contestant to complete or continue a telephone call, facsimile transmission, email or internet registration due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of entries.  Any person who supplies false information, enters by fraudulent means, or is otherwise determined to be in violation of these Official Rules in an attempt to obtain a prize may forfeit the prize won (if any) and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  Sponsor reserves the right to validate the contents of any entry. 

3. Photograph & Story Requirements. Photographs not meeting the following requirement will be disqualified.

Each photograph must:

• Feature a couple (2 people)
• Not be patently offensive, illegal, pornographic or obscene, or similarly inappropriate in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
• Not infringe upon any rights of any third party including without limitation, copyright, trademark and right of publicity or privacy
• Be taken and solely owned by the photographer (who is the contestant) submitting the photo
• If any individuals, in addition to the couple, are featured in the photo, each entrant warrants and represents that the entrant has obtained permission from each person who appears in the photographic submission
• Be unpublished and not have been submitted in other competitions

Each Story Must:

• Submit a story, a maximum of 500 words, about how you and your partner met. Any submissions that exceed the word maximum will be disqualified.
• Not be patently offensive, illegal, pornographic or obscene, or similarly inappropriate in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
• Not infringe upon any rights of any third party including without limitation, copyright, trademark and right of publicity or privacy
• Be written and solely owned by the author (who is the contestant) submitting the story.
• Not contain derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, humiliate other people (publicly or otherwise), or otherwise assault or threaten others
• Be unpublished and not have been submitted in other competitions

By submitting an entry in this Contest, each contestant that enters this Contest represents and warrants that all of the above requirements have been met.  Also by submitting an entry in this Contest, each submitting contestant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Sponsor, Radio One, Inc., and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of the foregoing, harmless against any and all claims or liability, directly or indirectly related to or arising from or in connection with contest participation or the acceptance, possession or use / misuse of awarded prize or any portion thereof, or participation in prize-related activities, including but not limited to any related travel.

4. Judging. Photographs and stories that meet the above-listed requirements will be selected from among all eligible entries received and will be posted on the contest website.  WHTA-FM listeners will be instructed to vote on the posted photographs and stories from February 7, 2011 through February 10, 2011.  The winner will be determined based upon the amount of votes the candidate receives from their WHTA-FM online peers/users. The candidate that receives the highest number of votes will be deemed the winner.

5. Prizes.

• The winner will be awarded two (2) roundtrip airfare from the winner’s market to Chicago. Departing on Monday, February 14, 2011 and returning to the winner’s market on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. One (1) night hotel accommodations at a pre-selected hotel (room and taxes only), two (2) tickets to the Trey Songz concert on Monday, February 14, 2011, and a meet and greet with Atlantic Records recording artist Trey Songz. All prizes will be awarded to the contestant.

• No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value, except as determined by station management and/or the sponsor in its sole discretion.
• All contest winners must sign and date official station release and waiver forms as requested.  Failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting the prize.

• If for any reason a Contest winner provides notice that they have decided not to accept an awarded prize, the winner will be required to sign a release form acknowledging that they are forfeiting the prize.  It will be at the discretion of the Contest Sponsor and / or Contest administrator if another contestant is to be selected as the winner if time permits.

• Winners must provide valid identification (i.e. via driver’s license, passport or other photo I.D.) to claim their prize.

• Winners are responsible for payment of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt of the prize (prizes are not transferable and may not be exchanged).
• Any person winning over $600.00 in prizes will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year for tax purposes and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS as required by law.

• Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible contestants participating during the Contest Period.

6. Notification of Winners. Winners will be notified by email and / or phone on or about February 11, 2011.

If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned including, without limitation any suspected evidence of tampering, technological corruption, or if any portion of the Contest is compromised by virus, bugs, worms, unauthorized human intervention, fraud, acts of God, strikes, terrorists acts, criminal acts of third parties, an insufficient number of qualified Contest entries, or any other cause beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupts, threatens or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.

7. Liability Release and Grant.

Contestants, including any parents and legal guardians agree for themselves and / or their contestant children to the following:

(a) that Sponsor and its parent company, as well as Radio One, inc., and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, public relations and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Sponsor Affiliates”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIANS AND Contestants from and against any liability, including negligence, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons (including death) and property, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Contest or Contest-related activities;

(b) except where legally prohibited, that they hereby irrevocably grant (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) a right, license and permission to Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use the Contestants name, photograph submitted with the entry, image, voice and likeness, for advertising, trade and publicity purposes without additional compensation in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the internet, without notice, review, approval or additional compensation;

(c) that these Official Rules constitute an irrevocable, perpetual assignment to Sponsor and its successors and assigns for valuable consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged of all right, title and interest in and to the photograph submitted with each entry under all copyright, trademark, right of publicity and right of privacy laws; 

(d) that these rules constitute a waiver of any so-called "droit moral" rights, "moral rights of authors" and all other similar rights however denominated throughout the world as they relate to the photograph submitted with each entry and that Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, change, alter, modify or edit the entries and photographs for any purpose including, without limitation, for any advertising, trade or promotional purposes;

(e) to perform all acts and to execute all documents deemed necessary by Sponsor to record and perfect the agreements made in this Section 8; and

(f) any legal action brought by a parent, legal guardian or Contestant arising out of or in connection with this Contest must be brought exclusively in the State or Federal Courts of Prince George’s County, MD.  These official rules will be governed by Maryland law.
 
8. Warranty Disclaimer. BY ACCEPTING THE PRIZE, THE WINNER (OR WINNER’S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE PRIZE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ITS QUALITY, MECHANICAL CONDITION OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

9. Administrator.  This Contest is administered by Radio One, Inc. 5900 Princess Garden Parkway, Lanham, MD 20706. No phone calls accepted.  To receive the name of the winner(s), send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by February 25, 2011 to:  The “Cutest Couple Contest”, c/o Radio One, Inc., Digital Radio, 5900 Princess Garden Parkway, 7th Floor, Lanham, MD 20706.