SEXiest SINGLES Contest!

Official Rules

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

Contest Description:

The Sexiest Singles Contest (“Contest”) will begin on February 4, 2013 and end on February 14, 2013 (“Contest Period”).   The Contest will be conducted online.  One (1) male winner and one (1) female winner will each be awarded Five Hundred Dollars ($500). 

1. Eligibility. The Contest is open and offered only to listeners of WHTA-FM (also the “Station”) who are legal residents of the United States residing within the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area and are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Employees of WHTA-FM Radio One, Inc., (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, any other Contest parties, 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 (whether related or not) 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 ninety (90) day period immediately preceding the start date of this Contest are not eligible to participate.  Only one person per family or household (whether related or not) may win in any promotion from WHTA-FM during any thirty (30) day period

2. How to Enter:

• To enter, eligible contest participants must register online and upload one (1) photograph of themselves along with a brief story of 500 words or less, that explains how they are the sexiest single.  Entries must be submitted to the Station’s website at hotspotatl.com.

• Upon entering the Contest website, participants are to follow the on-screen instructions, including entering their name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, and any optional or additional contact information, as requested, to register for a chance to win

• Contestants may only enter once.  Entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on February 8, 2013 or they will be void. 

• Submitted entries must be “family friendly”, appropriate for all audiences, and must meet the below-listed Requirements.

• Once submitted, all entries will become the property of the Station and Radio One, Inc. and none will be returned.

• The Station, Radio One, Inc. participating 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, unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections 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.  The Station reserves the right to validate the contents of any entry. 

• In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a participant’s online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by the authorized holder of the e-mail account at the time the entry was made.

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

Each photograph must:

• Feature one (1)  male or one (1) female
• Not be patently offensive, illegal, pornographic or obscene, or similarly inappropriate in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
• Not contain lewd or sexual content or references
• 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
• Not contain commercial products (e.g., clothing, toys, food) and/or their trademarks, brands, logos or endorsements
• If any individuals, in addition to the contestant, 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:

• Not exceed the maximum of 500 words, and describe how the entrant is the sexiest single.  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 contain lewd or sexual content or references
• 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 the Station , Radio One, Inc.,  any other Contest parties, 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 posted on the Contest website for public voting.  Listeners of the Station will be instructed to vote on the posted photographs and stories from February 9, 2013 through February 13, 2013.  The winners will be determined based upon the amount of votes the contestants receive from their Station online peers/users. The male contestant with the highest number of votes and the female contestant with the highest number of votes by the end of the voting period will be deemed the winners.

One (1) vote per person.  Any attempt by entrant and/or his/her family/friends to vote more than the number of times authorized by using multiple names or email address and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by the Station in its sole discretion, shall give the Station the right to disqualify entrant in its reasonable discretion.

All decisions made by Station management regarding any aspect of this Contest are final.

5. Prizes.

• The winners, one (1) male contestant and one (1) female contestant, will each be awarded Five Hundred Dollars ($500) in the form of a check.
• If for any reason a Contest winner provides notice that he or she has decided not to accept an awarded prize, the winner will be required to sign a release form acknowledging forfeiture of 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 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.

• 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.

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

• Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible contestants participating during the Contest Period.
• In the event any winner is found to be in violation of these Official Rules or is otherwise determined by the Station in its sole discretion to be ineligible, he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse the Station and / or any sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such a violation is found after the prize has been used by winner.

6. Notification of Winners.   Prize will be awarded upon winner verification and final approval by the Station.  Winners will be notified by email and / or phone on or about February 14, 2013 and provided with instructions for claiming their prize.

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 the Station which corrupts, threatens or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, the Station reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.

7. Liability Release and Grant.

By participating in this promotion, Contest participants agree:

(a) that THE STATION, Radio One, inc., ANY OTHER CONTEST PARTIES 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, “CONTEST ENTITIES”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by THE CONTESTANTS AND / OR THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS 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) that except where legally prohibited, they hereby irrevocably grant (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) a right, license and permission to the Station and those acting under its authority to use the contestant’s name, submitted 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 the Station, Radio One, Inc. 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 the Station 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 the Station to record and perfect the agreements made in this Section 7; and

(f) that 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 THE STATION AND RADIO ONE, INC. MAKE 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. 101 Marietta Street, 12th Floor, Atlanta GA 30303. No phone calls accepted.  To receive the name of the winner(s), send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by February 28, 2013 to:  The “Sexiest Single Contest”, c/o Radio One, Inc., 101 Marietta Street, 12th Floor, Atlanta GA 30303.