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Who Can Nominate
1. To be eligible to participate in this contest, entrants must be a U.S. resident who is 18
years of age or older and reside in the KSAS/KMTW viewing are (as defined below.
Nominees must be a 501(C) (3) charitable organization formed under Kansas state or
federal laws. Individuals cannot be a nominee.
The KSAS/KMTW Kansas viewing area consists of the following counties: Barber,
Barton, Butler, Chase, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Decatur, Dickinson,
Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley,
Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney, Kingman, Kiowa,
Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Morton, Ness, Norton,
Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott,
Sedgwick, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas,
Trego, Wallace & Wichita.
2. Employees of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., WSMH,
Inc., and any other company which owns, programs or provides other services to
television broadcast station KSAS (the “Station”), KMTW, Facebook, Inc.,
Facebook.com, their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, any and
all local television broadcast and cable stations, local radio and other media companies,
and the immediate family members of each are ineligible. The term “immediate
families” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children and grandchildren.
How to Nominate
(a) No purchase necessary to enter. One entry per person, however, more than one
nomination may be received per charitable organization.
(b) To enter to nominate a Charity, EITHER log onto www.FOXKansas.com and
click on the Nominate Your Charity Button to access the online contest page; or pick up
a nomination form at FOX Kansas offices at 316 N. West St., Wichita, KS. Complete the
entry form with your name, address, charitable organization nominee, briefly explain the
reason the charitable organization should win, and submit. By entering, entrants agree
that the nominee, not the entrant is eligible to win the prize. No mechanically reproduced
or completed entries will be accepted.
(c) The contest begins on November 12, 2013, and ends on January 6, 2014. All
entries/nominations must be received by the Station by 11:59 pm. CST on December 8,
2013. Station is not responsible for lost, late, or misdirected entries/nominations, server
unavailability, computer or any other electronic malfunction.
(d) Between 8:00 a.m. CST on December 11, 2013 and 12:00 am CST on January 6,
2014, viewers will be asked to vote on the “Contest tab” of the Station’s Facebook page
located at http://facebook.upickem.net/r/92nQp38YX3D for the charitable organization which he/she
thinks should win. To be eligible to vote, voters must be an existing Station Facebook
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Fan (click “Like”) and user of Facebook.com. Voting is limited to one vote per account
holder per day. Duplicate votes will be disqualified. Facebook “likes” or votes on the
Station’s Facebook wall will not be considered votes. On January 7, 2014, the Station
will determine one (1) winning charity based on the nominee entry with the most valid
votes. Entrants/nominees are prohibited from obtaining votes by offering prizes or other
inducements to members of the public, vote farming, vote purchasing, or any other
activity that artificially inflates such entrant/nominee’s votes as determined by Station in
its sole discretion. In the event of a tie, one (1) winner will be randomly selected from
among the tied entrants/nominees. The Station reserves the right to determine in its sole
and absolute discretion whether the online votes are valid, and may disqualify any
duplicate votes. Multiple and/or irregular votes or multiple votes from the same user or
users, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script,
macro, other automated means or other source will be considered invalid.
(e) All entries/nominations received that are mutilated, tampered with, incorrect,
illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void. All entries/nominations become the
property of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc. and the
Station and will not be acknowledged or returned.
The Prize(s)
1. One (1) winning charity will receive one (1) fifteen second (:15) commercial spot
which will air on KSAS at an exact time determined by the Station during certain
professional football programming on the evening of February 2, 2014. The winning
charity will also have the choice of either a) providing the Station with their own :15
second commercial to air, or b) the Station production personnel create a :15 spot for
them. The Prize is valued at $2,500 (including production). The Station is not
responsible if the commercial spot does not air due to breaking news or news of national
importance.
2. The winner will be notified by phone. Before claiming prizes, an authorized officer of
the winning charity must provide their 501(C) (3) form and complete, sign and return a
W-9 tax form, and sign and return a release and affidavit of eligibility, which must be
received within five (5) days of notification at the time the winning charity claims its
prize at the Station. Station reserves the right to examine additional identification and
may choose to accept or deny awarding the prize based on the identification presented.
3. If the winning charity cannot be notified within 7 days, or does not timely sign and
return the release and affidavit of eligibility, then the prize will be forfeited, and the prize
will be awarded to nominee charity with the second highest number of valid votes, as
determined by the Station in its sole and absolute discretion.
4. There will be no substitutions or cash alternatives for prizes except at the sole
discretion of Station. The Station has the right to substitute a prize of similar value. No
transfer or assignment of prizes is allowed.
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5. The winner is responsible for paying all local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes
based on the estimated retail value of the prizes as set forth in these rules.
6. WSMH, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are
not liable if the provider of any part of the prize fails to satisfy its obligations to furnish
its portion of the prize.
7. WSMH, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc. are
not responsible for any liabilities arising directly or indirectly from the award or use of
the prize.
8. In claiming your prize, you acknowledge that WSMH, Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc. and Sinclair Television Group, Inc. have the right to publicize your name, character,
likeness, photograph, voice and the fact that you are the winner for promotional purposes
without financial remuneration.
Odds of Charity Winning/Miscellaneous
1. Odds of winning depend on the number of VOTES received.
2. Complete contest rules are available Monday through Friday 8am-5pm at KSAS, 316
N. West Street, Wichita, KS 67203 and on the Station’s website at www.foxkansas.com.
3. For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to
KSAS, ATTN: Promotions Director, 316 N. West Street, Wichita, KS 67203 by February
28, 2014.
4. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where
prohibited. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., WSMH, Inc.,
Hartman Arena, Exceptional Artists, Facebook.com, accept no responsibility or liability
in connection with any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by or resulting
from the acceptance, possession or use of any prize awarded hereunder.
5. Station cannot be held liable for any lost or stolen entries, prizes or contest
information.
6. Station reserves the right to make rules and contest changes and change the
aforementioned contest dates.
7. By entering this contest, each entrant waives any and all claims of liability against the
Station, any sponsors, Facebook.com, and their respective parent, affiliates, officers,
directors, employees and agents, for any and all claims, loss, damage or injury which may
occur as a result of entrant’s participation in this contest.
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8. Facebook, Inc. and www.facebook.com (collectively, “Facebook”) are not affiliated
with the Station nor this contest. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or
administered by or associated with Facebook.
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