“Elf on the Run” Rules


Starting Saturday December 8, 2018 @ 5 AM WYXL/WIII/WQNY/WNYY/WFIZ/WYXL-HD2 will be starting the “Elf on the Run” photo contest. This is an online photo contest which will run until December 25, 2018 @ 12 AM. In order to be a valid entry, the submitted photo must contain an Elf on the Shelf somewhere in the photo. Photos that are submitted will be screened prior to approval.

Winner will be chosen on 12/26/2018 and will be chosen at random from all valid entries.

The winning entrant will receive:

Joes Restaurant:

  • One $100 gift certificate

The Harlem Globetrotters:

  • 4 tickets Tuesday February 12, 2019
  • One signed basketball
  • Approximate Value: $88

Royal Auto Group:

  • One oil change and tire rotation
    • Maximum of 8 quarts of oil. More than 8 quarts will require the winning entrant to pay the difference.
    • Excludes Diesel engines
  • Approximate Value $59

Midstate Basement Authorities:

  • $50 Home Depot Giftcard

Total prize package minimum value: $297

Must be 18+ to enter. One entry per person. Submitting more than one entry per person will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participants entries and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the email address sued to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these official rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.

Entries containing inappropriate photos or music will be disqualified. Any photograph submitted to any of the cluster stations will become property of the stations. The stations will have final say of what content is appropriate for the website. No use of indecent or obscene material, no content or material that is illegal, contains nudity or is sexually explicit, or by law, obscene, profane, or pornographic is permitted.

By entering this contest you are verifying that you are the owner and producer of the submitted material and that no third party ownership rights exist to the photo submitted. By entering you verify that whomever is seen in the photo are either pictures of the entrant or the entrant’s minors. If the entrant is unable to waive its rights to publication or waive its minors rights to publication, the entrant will be ask to submit a new photo.

WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2 contests are open to all eligible New York State and Pennsylvania State residents 18 or older have not won anything on WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2 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.

Employees of WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2, Cayuga 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 WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2 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.

No purchase necessary. Prize is not redeemable or transferable for cash. WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2 sole responsibility will be to award the prize. WYXL/WQNY/WFIZ/WIII/WNYY/WYXL-HD2 shall have no further responsibility if the prize winner for any reason cannot or decides not to use any of the prize. Winner responsible for all applicable federal and state taxes. Fees and incidentals are not included with the prize and are the sole responsibility of the winner.

This contest is being run concurrently and simultaneously in Ithaca New York between radio stations associated with the Cayuga Radio Group and listeners of said stations will be competing against each other for the same prize. These rules supersede the rules found on the SecondStreet platform.

These rules supersede the rules found on the SecondStreet platform.

Full contest rules are available at Cayuga Radio Group located at 1751 Hanshaw Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM or by visiting www.literock973.com , www.1037qcountry.com, www.i100rocks.com, www.967thevine.com, www.z955.com, www.pureoldies941.com

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