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Wake Up and Win Contest Rules
No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win. The contest is void where prohibited by law.
WAKE UP AND WIN CONTEST RULES
1. How to Enter the Contest:
(a) The “Wake Up and Win” contest will begin on September 14, 2009 and end on September 18, 2009.
(b) To participate in the contest, watch First Forecast Mornings between 6:00am and 7:00am from September 14 – 18, look for the code word of the day and log on to freep.com before 12:00pm each day and complete an entry form, including your name, birth date, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the code word of the day.
(c) One entry per person, per day.
(d) Sponsor is not responsible for technical or computer failures, errors or data loss of any kind, lost or unavailable Internet connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or deleted computer or network transmissions, inability to access any Web site or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, illegible or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the Contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the judges reserve the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate the Contest and conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at freep.com. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of the Contest or website or violates the Official Rules of the Contest By use of this website and by entering the Contest, you agree to the Station's Web Site Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy located at: http://freep.com/section/privacy .
(e) Entry deemed made by holder of e-mail account.
(f) Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
2. Eligibility Restrictions:
(a) The contest is open to Michigan residents who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Detroit Media Partnership, WWJ-TV, WKBD, or other television and radio stations in the Detroit market, and their affiliates, CBS Corporation, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household are ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a WWJ-TV/WKBD contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in any contest. Viewers are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only once every six months.
(c) All entries become the sole property of Station and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their original work.
(d) Contestants are required to provide truthful information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent. The Station will disqualify any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements, and the Station will also delete any entry received from persons under the age of 13.
3. Prizes:
(a) Five (5) daily winners will each receive a $500 American Express gift card. Total prize value is $2,500.
(b) All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office of WWJ-TV, 26905 W. 11 Mile Road, Southfield, MI, 48033. The winner will forfeit any prize or prize certificate not claimed within forty-five (45) business days of winning. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its arrival. WWJ-TV is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or prize certificate.
(c) Contest prizes are not transferable. Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash. Station reserves the right to substitute prize of comparable value.
4. Selection of Winners:
(a) Decisions of contest sponsors with respect to the contest are final.
(b) One (1) winner will be randomly selected each weekday, from all of the current day’s eligible entries, starting on September 14, 2009 and ending on September 18, 2009.
(c) Winners will be notified by phone or email, on or around the date of winner selection.
5. Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or equivalent from Station.
(b) By participating in the contest, winner agrees to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, and to sign a publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to acceptance of the prize. By accepting the prize, winner grants to Station the right to use the winner's name, voice, picture and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). All expenses on receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Winner, by acceptance of their prizes, agrees to release Station, CBS Corporation, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
6. Contest sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the contest which will become effective upon announcement.
7. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize.
8. No purchase necessary. The contest is void where prohibited by law.
9. Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant's disqualification.
10. To obtain a copy of the official rules and/or winner's list, please write by November 18th, 2009 to:
WAKE UP AND WIN CONTEST RULES
C/O WWJ-TV Creative Services Department
26905 W. 11 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48033
Contact E-mail: jley@metromix.com