Sam Adam’s Sam Salute
Contest Rules
These contest rules are specific to the above contest conducted by US99 and The Score d/b/a WUSN-FM and WSCR-AM (individually and collectively, as applicable, the “Station(s)”). Except to the extent specifically set forth below with respect to this specific Contest, the Stations’ general contest rules apply to this contest as well. A copy of these specific contest rules and the Station’s general contest rules are available on the Stations’ websites at www.us99.com/rules and www.670thescore.com/rules. As a preventative measure in light of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, copies of the specific contest rules and the Station’s general contest rules will not be available at the Station’s studio. To the extent the general contest rules differ from these rules, these rules will govern and control with respect to this contest.
THIS CONTEST IS BEING CONDUCTED BY MULTIPLE RADIO STATIONS. LISTENERS OF EACH OF THE TWO (2) PARTICIPATING STATIONS, AND VISITORS TO EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING STATION WEBSITES, ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER AND WIN THIS CONTEST AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Who Can Enter & Be Nominated in this Contest
No purchase necessary to enter or win the Sam Adam’s Sam Salute Contest (the “Contest”).
A “Nominee” must be both twenty-one (21) years of age or older and a legal resident of Illinois as of the Nomination date.
An “Entrant” (the individual who nominates someone) must be both twenty-one (21) years of age or older and a legal resident of Illinois as of the nomination date in order to submit a nomination as described below.
Nominee should be a current first responder and at the time of nomination, employed as a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, emergency medical technician, paramedic, firefighter, rescuer, military serviceperson, sanitation worker, or other trained member of organizations connected with this type of work. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Station will not be obligated to verify the employment of any nominated or winning first responder in this Contest.
Entrants may NOT nominate themselves. Nominee must be (1) individual person, and may not be a group of people, or an organization, or a company.
How to Enter / Nominate Someone
To submit a nomination for this Contest, scan the QR Code displayed during any one or more nomination period (each, a “Nomination Period”), at the designated location for such Nomination Period, as follows:
Nomination Period
Location Name and Address
August 29, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
September 2, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Sal’s Beverage World
298A W Roosevelt Rd. Lombard, IL 60148
695 W Saint Charles Rd. Villa Park, IL 60181
434 W. Lake St. Addison, IL 60101
September 5, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) -September 9, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Golden Eagle Liquors
255 Peterson Rd. Libertyville, IL 60048
September 12, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) -September 16, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Grand & Western Liquors
515 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60612
September 19, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) -September 23, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
George’s Wine & Spirits
3335 W 115th St. Merrionette Park, IL 60803
September 26, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) -September 30, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
SavWay Fine Wine & Spirits
3821 South York Rd. Oak Brook, IL 60523
2580 East Maine St. Saint Charles, IL 60174
515 W. State St. Geneva, IL 60134
October 3, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
October 7, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Antioch Fine Wine & Liquors
1180 Main St. Antioch, IL 60002
October 10, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
October 14, 2020 at 11:59 PM CT)
Cardinal Liquors
4905 N Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60625
October 17, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
October 21, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Kenwood Liquors
10750 S Cicero Ave. Oak Lawn, IL 60453
October 24, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
October 28, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Lundeen’s Discount Liquor
Lundeen’s East; 614 E Main St. Saint Charles, IL 60174
Lundeen’s West; 1315 W Main St. Saint Charles, IL 60174
Lundeen’s Sycamore; 1760 DeKalb Ave. Sycamore, IL 60178
October 31, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) –
November 4, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Garfield’s Beverage Warehouse
340 W Northwest Hwy. Barrington, IL 60010
320 West Virginia St. Crystal Lake, IL 60014
15 S Brockway St. Palatine, IL 60067
4601 N Harlem Ave. Norridge, IL 60706
November 7, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) - November 11, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Kimbark Beverage
1214 East 53rd St. Chicago, IL 60615
November 14, 2020 at 12:00am (CT) -November 18, 2020 at 11:59pm (CT)
Famous Liquors
7714 Madison St. Forest Park, IL 60130
After scanning the QR code at one of the locations during a Nomination Period listed above, complete the online submission form with all of the following:
Entrant’s contact information including Entrant’s full name, address of legal residence, phone number (including area code), date of birth, select a gender, and e-mail address.
The name of the Nominee that you are nominating in this Contest; and
A short essay in 100 words or less describing why Nominator would like to nominate someone who has been a “hero” this in 2020. First responders, medical professionals, frontline workers, teachers or personal hero (each a “Nomination”).
Entrants may nominate only one person per entry (entries that nominate more than one person or a group or organization will be disqualified).
If essay is over 100 words, only the first 100 words of such submitted essay will be read (i.e., longer essays will not be disqualified).
Nominees are not eligible to win or receive a prize in this Contest.
Essay need not be truthful. Station will not verify the facts of any essay (only facts related to eligibility requirements (e.g., age, residence, etc…).
Entrants must only nominate one person (entries that nominate more than one person or a group or organization will be disqualified).
Click “Submit”.
THERE WILL BE UP TO, BUT NOT MORE THAN, TWELVE (12) NOMINATION PERIODS IN THIS CONTEST. AN ENTRY SUBMITTED WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE ENTRY FOR THE ONE (1) NOMINATION PERIOD DURING WHICH SUCH ENTRY WAS RECEIVED BY THE STATION (I.E., AN ENTRY SUBMITTED DURING ONE NOMINATION PERIOD WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE ENTRY FOR ANY OTHER NOMINATION PERIOD IN THIS CONTEST). THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN ENTRANT MAY ENTER THIS CONTEST, BUT AN ENTRANT MAY ONLY BE A WINNER ONE (1) TIME DURING THIS CONTEST.
Failure to submit all of the above items in one submission/entry may result in immediate disqualification of such entry.
By submitting an essay to a Station, each Entrant authorizes the Stations to post such essay and/or Entrant’s and Nominee’s name to the Stations’ websites, social media sites and pages, and/or to read it on air. Stations reserve the right to edit an essay in their sole discretion.
IT IS THE ENTRANT’S RESPONSIBILITY PRIOR TO ENTERING THIS CONTEST TO OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF ANY NOMINEE AND ANY OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED TO ALLOW STATIONS TO READ AND/OR POST THE ENTRANT’S ESSAY WITH RESPECT TO THE NOMINEE’S OR OTHER PERSONS’ NAMES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE ESSAY. BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, ENTRANTS AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS STATION AND ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES FROM AND AGAINST ANY CLAIM MADE BY ANY PERSONS RELATING TO THE CONTENT OF THE ESSAY SUBMITTED BY THE ENTRANT.
IT IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL ENTRANTS/NOMINATORS TO CHECK IN ADVANCE WITH THE NOMINEE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE NOMINEE INTENDS TO ACCEPT THE PRIZE IN THE EVENT THAT THE NOMINEE IS SELECTED AS A WINNER.
WHETHER OR NOT SELECTED AS A WINNER, ALL ENTRIES BECOME THE SOLE PROPERTY OF STATION AND MAY BE USED BY STATION (OR ITS SPONSORS) IN ANY MEDIUM IT DEEMS DESIRABLE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION TO THE ENTRANT OR ANY NOMINEE.
How to Win
Upon the conclusion of each Nomination Period, by not later than approximately 10:00am (CT) on the next business day (Monday – Friday only, excluding weekends and holidays) following the conclusion of such Nomination Period, the Station will randomly select two (2) entries from among all of the entries received during such specific Nomination Period ONLY (see Section 8 above) and the Entrant who submitted such entry shall receive one (1) prize in this Contest (as described in Section 16 below), subject to verification and compliance with the Contest rules (each, a “Winner”).
There will be up to, but in no event more than, twenty four (24) Winners in this Contest.
The Station will notify the Winner(s) by means of the phone number or email address provided to the Station at the time the Entrant entered the Contest.
NOMINEES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY PRIZE FROM THE STATION IN THIS CONTEST, EVEN IF THE ENTRANT WHO NOMINATED THEM WAS SELECTED AS THE WINNING ENTRY AND/OR SUCH ENTRANT REJECTS THE PRIZE, DOES NOT COMPLETE THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK ON TIME, CANNOT BE LOCATED, OR OTHERWISE BECOMES DISQUALIFIED.
Prizes
Each of the up to twenty four (24) verified Winners will receive one (1) $100 VISA Gift Card and an on-air mention of their “hero” on one (1) thirty second radio spot on both Stations on the Friday following the drawing. The on-air shout outs will air on both Stations the Friday following each winner selection between the hours of 2:00pm (CT) and 6:00pm (CT) starting on Friday, September 4, 2020 and ending on Friday, November 20, 2020.
Sponsor(s)
The sponsors of this Contest are Entercom Illinois, LLC d/b/a WUSN-FM and WSCR-AM and Sam Adams.
Other Rules Specific to This Contest
Station is conducting this Contest using proprietary software owned by a third party known as Second Street Inc. (“Second Street”). Second Street is not a sponsor of this Contest but entrants may be required, as part of the entry process, to agree and consent to Second Street’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (both of which are available via a link during the Contest entry process) (collectively, the “Second Street Policies”) and may be required to register with Second Street. While agreement to the Second Street Policies is required in order to enter this Contest, the Second Street Policies are not a part of these Contest rules but are a separate agreement between the entrant and Second Street. With respect to the conduct of this Contest by Station, in the event of any conflict between the Second Street Policies and the Station Contest rules, the Station’s Contest rules govern.
Station is not responsible for any error or technical malfunctions associated with the Second Street site that may affect any entrant’s ability to enter, to win, or to be properly considered in this Contest, regardless of the cause. In the event of a malfunction associated with the Second Street site that Station (in its sole discretion) deems to materially and adversely affect this Contest, Station reserves the right to suspend this Contest, terminate this Contest without a winner, terminate this Contest and select a winner early, provide alternative means of entry or any other changes to these Contest rules that Station deems appropriate under the circumstances. Any such changes, terminations or suspensions will be announced on air and/or posted on the Station’s website, if applicable.
Employees of Second Street and its affiliates, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising sponsors and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of each are not eligible to win in this Contest.