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These are the rules governing all contests aired on VTG and on the VTG.com website, unless otherwise specified.  In the following rules, “VTG” means Saga Communications which owns VTG radio:

1.     No purchase is necessary to enter any VTG contest. 

2.     To be eligible to win any prize on VTG you must not have won anything on VTG in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner.  Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.

3.     Anytime you call the VTG studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record if for later broadcast. 

4.   As a winner of a VTG contest your voice, name and/or picture may be

used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes.

5.     Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash.  No prize is transferable.  No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner.  VTG reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.

6.     All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded.  All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the VTG studios prior to claiming prize.  All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.

7.     In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), (station’s) delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as VTG awarding the prize to the winner.  VTG shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner.  VTG shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.

8.     All VTG contests are open to all eligible 18 or over (unless otherwise specified).  Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to VTG that will be presented to VTG and accepted before the prize is awarded.   Employees of VTG, the Portland Radio Group, and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications, Inc., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the VTG main studio are not eligible to win any contest.  Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.

9.     Winners will be expected to claim prize at the VTG studios, 3808 N. Navarro Victoria, TX between 8am – 5:30pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.

10. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.  Contest is void were prohibited.

11. VTG reserves the right to disqualify any winner if any contest rules are violated in any way.

12. VTG, Saga Communications, Inc., it’s parent corporation, Saga Communications, Inc, assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest.  VTG, Saga Communications  , Inc., it’s parent corporation, Saga Communications, Inc, their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each absolve themselves and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.

15. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, VTG reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of VTG management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant. 

16. VTG reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time.  The judge’s decision is always final.

17. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified:  (361) 575-2500.  The person operating the telephone at VTG has the final decision as to who is the winning caller. 

18. VTG shall have no responsibility for failure to win or claim any prize based on difficulties with telephone, facsimile, email, or internet difficulties, or any circumstances in any contest.

19. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on VTG.com:

a.     All appropriate information in required fields must be filled out or you will be disqualified.

b.     To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of VTG,

as defined at the exclusive discretion of VTG management.

c.     Any problems with the internet or email are not (Stations)’s responsibility.

d.     Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.

e.  Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream are slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station, and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more.  This means that when VTG contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.

20. A copy of these rules are available during business hours at the VTG studios, 3808 N. Navarro Victoria, TX.