€20,000 Give-away Terms and Conditions
COMPETITION NAME
€20,000 Give-away running from the Start Date to the End Date as set out below (the “Competition”).
PROMOTER
Bauer Media Audio Ireland and radio stations Today FM, SPIN 1038, Newstalk, SPIN South West and 98FM. All with registered office: Marconi House, Digges Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland. D02TD60 (the “Promoter”)
This is a Go Loud Network Stations Competition, running across the following radio stations:
Today FM, Newstalk, 98FM, SPIN 1038 and SPIN South West.
COMPETITION START DATE, END DATE AND ENTRY PERIODS
Start Date: Monday 13th September 2021 at 8:00am
End Date: Friday 17th September 2021 at 3:00pm
The entry period is the time between the Start Date and the End Date.
Any entries received before the Start Date or after the End Date (as stated above) will be invalid but you may still be charged.
COMPETITION DETAILS
During the each Entry Period, the prize amount of €20,000 (the “Prize”) will be announced on air.
We reserve the right to announce the Prize at any time during the Entry Period. We may also advertise the Prize on the respective radio station’s Website, social media or via an SMS marketing message or via any other medium at our absolute discretion.
After the Entry Period has closed, one entrant from all of the valid entries will be selected by automated random draw (the “Draw”) and will win the €20,000.
In order to win the comeptition, the entrant must answer a call from the promoter on Friday afternoon Septmeber 17th to their phone number.
The entrant selected may be required to talk to the presenter / programming team, and the call may be recorded and played on-air (assuming there is no breach of these terms and conditions).
The entrant will not win the Prize should they:
• fail to answer the phone at all; or
• fail to answer the phone within five rings (according to the station’s audio); or
• fail to say anything at all; or
• be disconnected for any reason beyond our control
Where there is any doubt in relation to whether or not an entrant has given the correct Prize or the Prize should be awarded, we reserve the right to defer decision making to an off-air adjudicator to check the audio recording with reference to these terms and conditions.
If the first entrant chosen to play is not declared the winner, another entrant will be drawn at random. This process will continue until a winner is declared.
ROUTES OF ENTRY AND COSTS
Entrants can enter the Competition by sending an SMS message starting with the keyword SPIN to 57599. The message also must contain the answer to the question / test of skill asked on the radio station.
If the message does not start with the valid Keyword(s), or is not sent to the valid number, it will not be entered. Entrants will receive an automated SMS response to their SMS message confirming their entry.
Entrants are responsible for all costs associated with entering this Competition. Texts cost €2.50 (from Ireland ) + standard network rates may also apply. Entrants must have permission from the bill payer before entering the Competition.
We are not responsible for any network or technical issues an entrant may experience, such as latency of the mobile phone network, which may delay or prevent their participation or cause them to lose the Competition if on-air.
ENTRANT RESTRICTIONS
The Competition is only open to people aged 18 and over who: (i) live in the Republic of Ireland (ii) are not an employee or immediate family member (including live-in partner) of the promoter and (iii) are not an employee of any third-party sponsors or prize providers, or their immediate family (including live-in partner).
You can enter each Draw a maximum of 12 times via SMS. Entrants must obtain permission from the bill payer before texting to enter the Competition.
We reserve the right to run bonus SMS entry incentives throughout the duration of the Competition. These incentives will be communicated via the automated SMS response received to confirm the entry. Where we operate an incentive, the entry limit may change.
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
Entrants who are randomly selected will be contacted by the phone number provided with their entry. This may be live on air or off-air. Due to programming schedules, this may not be broadcast on all participating radio stations.
All callers are randomly selected in the same way and any off-air recording will only ever take place after the entries have closed. The name, hometown, photo and any video or audio recording of the winner may also be posted on the Promoter’s Websites and / or social media platforms.
By entering the Competition, the entrant is automatically consenting to being called and having their name and location announced on-air.
PRIZE DETAILS
The Prize is a cash amount of €20,000 that will be delivered to a winner paid in cash, by bank transfer or by cheque.
Delivery or payment of the Prize is subject to the winner providing personal identification and / or proof of address and completing nternal compliance checks. The Prize is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged. Payment of the Prize may take up to 28 days from the point at which the Promoter receives the correct details.
Where, it emerges after the Prize has been awarded that the entrant was in breach of these terms and conditions, we reserve the right to withdraw the Prize from that winner and they will not be entitled to any further reward or remuneration. We reserve the right to exclude individuals who breach our terms and conditions from entering our competitions.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENT
We will sometimes (at our discretion) telephone entrants and ask them to speak on-air. They have the right to refuse. If they consent, their voice will be recorded and they consent to this recording being used on our radio broadcasts. Entrants agree that we will own this recording and that a copy of it will be stored for further exploitation, which may include promotion.
Entrants will not be put through to speak on-air if we think they are driving illegally, intoxicated, likely to swear, or otherwise offend our listeners. Whilst on air for the purposes of this competition entrants must not use foul language, swear, say or do anything defamatory or illegal or say or do anything which would damage the reputation of the Promoter, is offensive or inappropriate or which would cause us, or our listeners, harm. Failure to comply will result in disqualification, and if the entrant has won the prize, this will be forfeited.
ITEM 12: OTHER CONDITIONS
We will only accept entries that comply with our terms and conditions and we may disqualify the entrant if we know or suspect that they have breached them. All our decisions relating to the Competition and/or awarding of prizes are final. No discussions or correspondence with entrants or any other person will be entered into about the operation of this Competition. We have the right to cancel, amend, terminate or suspend this Competition if forced to do so due to circumstances outside our control.
ITEM 13: CONTACT DETAILS
The promoter of this Competition is Bauer Media Audio Ireland and radio stations Today FM, SPIN 1038, Newstalk, SPIN South West and 98FM. All with registered office: Marconi House, Digges Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland. D02TD60 (the “Promoter”)
This is a Go Loud Network Stations Competition, running across the following radio stations:
Today FM, Newstalk, 98FM, SPIN 1038 and SPIN South West.
Any queries related to the competition should be directed by post to the above address or by email to SMS@bauermedia.ie
