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Discover Card “Get Back” Holiday Promotion

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

CONTEST DESCRIPTION:

The Discover Card “Get Back” Holiday contest will begin on November 23, 2009 and end on December 23, 2009 (“Contest Period”).  Listeners will be encouraged to share their personal “Get Back” story for the chance to win a weekly prize and qualify for the grand prize. Five (5) weekly winners will be awarded a one hundred dollar Discover gift card and one (1) grand prize winner will be awarded a one thousand dollar Discover Gift Card.

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HOW TO ENTER:

To participate in the contest, listeners must do the following:

  1. Log on to www.myhoustonmajic.com and submit a personal “Get Back” story. Qualifying Get Back stories must explain about a time when an unexpected cash back or bonus was received and how the extra cash was spent.
  2. Be the correct caller on cue by calling 713.390.5102 to share a personal Get Back story live on air for the chance to win the weekly prize and qualify for the grand prize.

ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:

  1. The contest is open to listeners of KMJQ-FM who are 18 years of age and older and are legal residents of the US.
  2. Employees of Discover Card, KMJQ-FM, Radio One, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, other radio stations in the Houston metropolitan area, and members of the immediate families or households of any of the above are NOT eligible to participate or win in this contest.
  3. Persons who have won a prize in another contest or promotion of any kind from KMJQ-FM within the thirty-day (30) period immediately preceding the start date of this contest are not eligible to participate.

PRIZES:

Weekly Prizes:

¨                   Five (5) Discover gift cards valued at one hundred dollars each.

Grand prize:

¨                   One (1) Discover gift card valued at one thousand dollars.

  1. 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 Sponsor in its sole discretion.
  2. Prizes that are not mailed (via us mail or UPS) or provided directly by a third party must be claimed at Sponsor’s offices within thirty (30) days of the date of winning.
  1. All contest winners must sign and date official Sponsor release and waiver forms as requested.  Failure to do so will result in winner forfeiting the prize.
  1. If for any reason a contest winner decides 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 Sponsor  if another contestant is to be selected as the winner if time permits.
  1. If contest winner does not claim their prize by January 23, 2010, the prize will be forfeit.
  1. Winner must provide valid identification (i.e. via driver’s license, passport or other photo I.D) to claim their prize.

EXECUTION:

  1. During the Contest Period, listeners will be encouraged to participate in the contest by logging on to www.myhoustonmajic.com and submitting a personal “Get Back” story for the chance to win a weekly prize and qualify for the grand prize. Qualifying Get Back stories must explain about a time when an unexpected cash back or bonus was received and how the extra cash was spent.
  1. Weekly winners will be announced on air and notified by phone and email.
  2. Grand prize winner will be announced on air and notified by phone and email
  1. Sponsor will select the grand prize winner on December 23, 2009
  1. All decisions made by KMJQ-FM regarding any aspect of this contest are final.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:

  1. Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes associated with the receipt of the prize (prizes are not transferable and may not be exchanged).
  1. 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.
  1. No purchase necessary.  Contest is void where prohibited.  Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
  1. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible contestants participating during the Contest Period.
  1. By participating in the contest, the winner or winners agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, in any media now known or hereafter devised for advertising or promotional purposes without additional compensation, and must sign a publicity release prior to acceptance of the prize.  By entering this contest, each participant agrees to comply with the Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which shall be final and binding in all aspects relating to the contest.
  1. All contest winners will be required to sign a liability release prior to acceptance of any prize.  Pursuant to the liability release, the winner or winners will agree to hold harmless KMJQ-FM, Radio One of Texas II, LLC, Radio One, Inc., Discover Card any other contest parties and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives, 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.
  1. Winners must provide valid identification (i.e. via driver’s license, passport or other photo I.D) to claim their prize.
  1. Sponsor retains the right to disqualify any contestant if all contest rules are not followed, contest void if prohibited by law.
  1. So long as no participant is materially adversely affected, Sponsor reserves the right to make changes in the contest rules, which will become effective upon being announced on the air.
  1. Discover Card, KMJQ-FM, Radio One, Inc., 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 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.  In addition, KMJQ-FM, Radio One of Texas II, LLC, Radio One, Inc.,  and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates or their representatives, agents and employees are not responsible for lost, misdirected, mutilated, illegible or incomplete contest entries.  Once submitted, entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
  1. By accepting the prize, the winner acknowledges that Discover Card, KMJQ-FM, Radio One Inc. and their respective parent, related, affiliated and subsidiary companies, have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize or to any portion thereof, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose.
  1. KMJQ-FM, Radio One, Inc, Discover Card, each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives  will not assume any responsibility for any changes in the execution of the contest, including, without limitation, cancellation of the contest as a result of the occurrence of events not within the control of KMJQ-FM, Radio One, Inc, Discover Card, each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives, such as Acts of God, strikes, terrorists acts or criminal acts of third parties.  In the event, such an act should occur; reasonable attempts will be made to offer the winner comparable prize(s) currently being offered Sponsor in lieu of the prize originally awarded.

Copies of contest rules are available during regular business hours, Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the offices of the KMJQ-FM located at 24 Greenway Plaza #900, Houston, TX 77046