Contest Rules

Zimmer Radio, Inc. — Official General Contest Rules

These Official General Contest Rules apply to contests and promotions sponsored by Zimmer Radio, Inc. through any of the following radio stations, station websites, mobile applications, streaming platforms, social media accounts, or other authorized digital platforms:

• KIX 102.5 — KIXQ-FM 102.5
• Kissin 92.5 — KSYN-FM 92.5
• NewsTalk KZRG — KZRG-AM 1310, including K275BD 102.9 FM, K290CO 105.9 FM, and authorized HD/digital distribution
• Classic Hits 93.9 — KJMK-FM 93.9
• Big Dog 97.9 — KXDG-FM 97.9
• AM 1230 The Talker — KZYM-AM 1230

These stations may collectively be referred to in these rules as the “Stations” or individually as the “Station.”

By entering or participating in a contest sponsored by any Station, entrants agree to these Official General Contest Rules and any specific rules, terms, conditions, or instructions established for the particular contest.

When specific contest rules differ from these General Contest Rules, the specific contest rules will control.

1. Eligibility and Odds of Winning

No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve an entrant’s chances of winning.

Unless otherwise specified in the rules for a particular contest, contests are open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older and who reside in the following counties:

• Missouri: Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Barton, Vernon, Lawrence, Barry, and Dade.
• Kansas: Cherokee, Crawford, Bourbon, Neosho, and Labette.
• Oklahoma: Ottawa, Craig, and Delaware.

Contests are not available to users located in the European Economic Area.

Employees of Zimmer Radio, Inc., its Stations, affiliates, subsidiaries and successor companies, contest sponsors, advertising and promotion agencies, contest prize suppliers, participating advertisers, and members of their immediate families or households are not eligible to participate.

“Immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, including relationships created through marriage, remarriage, adoption, cohabitation, or similar familial relationships. Persons residing in the same household as an otherwise ineligible person are also ineligible, whether related or not.

If a specific contest permits minors to participate, a parent or legal guardian must execute any required release or other documentation on behalf of the minor before a prize may be awarded. Zimmer Radio, Inc. reserves the right to refuse to award a prize to or on behalf of a minor.

Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received and the method used to determine the winner unless otherwise stated in the specific contest rules.

2. How to Enter

The method of entry for each contest will be announced on-air, online, through promotional materials, or in the specific contest rules.

Depending upon the contest, entries may be accepted by telephone, postal mail, email, Station website, authorized mobile or digital platform, social media platform, or at an authorized on-site entry location.

Entrants must provide all information required for the particular contest. Incomplete, inaccurate, fraudulent, illegible, or otherwise invalid entries may be disqualified.

Unless otherwise stated, all entries and entry materials become the property of Zimmer Radio, Inc. and will not be returned.

Only entries submitted through methods authorized by the Station will be eligible.

3. Broadcast and Streaming Delays

Contests heard through an Internet stream, mobile application, smart speaker, HD channel, FM translator, or other digital or rebroadcast platform may be delayed from the originating over-the-air broadcast signal.

Listeners participating through a delayed platform may therefore be at a disadvantage in contests requiring an immediate response to an on-air announcement, cue, keyword, song, sound, or other event.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. and its Stations are not responsible for delays associated with streaming, digital, HD, translator, Internet, mobile, or other transmission platforms.

4. Telephone Entries

If a contest accepts telephone entries, Zimmer Radio, Inc., the Station, and contest sponsors are not responsible for an entrant’s inability to complete a telephone call because of busy signals, equipment malfunctions, disconnections, telecommunications failures, misdialed numbers, service interruptions, or other circumstances beyond their control.

Only calls received through the telephone number designated for the contest will be eligible.

If a caller is disconnected or determined to be ineligible, the Station may proceed to the next eligible caller.

When a contest requires a selected entrant to hear their name announced and contact the Station within a specified period, only the actual selected entrant may claim the prize. The entrant must contact the Station using the method and within the time period announced.

5. Online Entries

For contests accepting online entries, entrants must accurately complete all required fields.

Zimmer Radio, Inc., the Station, and contest sponsors are not responsible for Internet outages, website malfunctions, platform failures, transmission errors, lost or delayed entries, software or hardware failures, or other technical problems that prevent or delay an entry.

Online contests may require entrants to:

• Answer questions or trivia
• Submit a keyword or code word
• Make a prediction or guess
• Submit photographs, videos, essays, audio, or other original content
• Complete another action described in the specific contest rules

Where offered, entrants may have an opportunity to separately opt in to Station or sponsor email, text messaging, membership, rewards, or promotional programs. Any such opt-in is subject to the terms presented at the time of entry.

Some contests may offer additional entries for eligible referrals, sharing activity, or other actions. Any limits and requirements for additional entries will be stated in the specific contest rules.

6. Keyword and Code Word Contests

When a contest requires a keyword or code word, entrants must obtain the designated word or code and submit it through the method and within the time period announced by the Station.

Entries containing an incorrect, incomplete, or untimely keyword or code word may be disqualified.

The Station is not responsible for an entrant’s failure to hear or receive a keyword because of signal reception, streaming delays, equipment failure, Internet connection problems, or other circumstances beyond the Station’s control.

7. Social Media Contests

When a contest is conducted through a social media platform such as Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, or another third-party platform, entrants must comply with the Station’s instructions, the specific contest rules, and the applicable platform’s terms and policies.

Where a contest requires a designated hashtag, Station account, photograph, video, comment, tag, follow, or other content or action, the entry must contain all required elements to be eligible.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Zimmer Radio, Inc. contests are not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with the applicable social media platform.

Entrants release the applicable social media platform from responsibility or liability arising from the administration of a Zimmer Radio, Inc. contest to the extent permitted by law.

8. On-Site and Entry Box Contests

When a contest requires an entry at a specific event or location, entries must be received at the designated location by the announced deadline.

When an official entry form is required, only authorized entry forms will be accepted.

Entrants must legibly provide all required information. Failure to provide required information may result in disqualification.

Mechanical reproductions, duplicate entries, or other methods of entry may be prohibited when specified by the Station.

9. Entry and Winning Restrictions

Unless otherwise specified in the specific contest rules:

• Entries are limited to one entry per person.
• There may be only one winner per household.
• A listener may win or qualify to win a Zimmer Radio, Inc. Station contest only once every thirty (30) days.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. may extend the thirty-day restriction for the duration of a particular contest or promotion.

The winning restriction applies across contests conducted by Zimmer Radio, Inc.’s Stations unless a specific contest expressly provides otherwise.

Void where prohibited by law.

All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

10. Contest Administration

Zimmer Radio, Inc. and its Stations reserve the right to cancel, suspend, terminate, extend, postpone, or modify a contest if the contest cannot be completed as planned because of technical failures, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, weather, emergency conditions, acts beyond the Station’s control, or other circumstances affecting the integrity, fairness, security, or administration of the contest.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. reserves the right to correct administrative, printing, programming, or operational errors associated with a contest.

Decisions of Zimmer Radio, Inc. and the applicable Station regarding eligibility, entry, winner selection, interpretation of rules, and administration of a contest are final.

11. Limitation of Liability and Release

Zimmer Radio, Inc., its Stations, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, insurers, shareholders, representatives, advertising and promotional agencies, and contest sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for loss, injury, death, or damage arising from participation in a contest or the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a prize, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

By participating in a contest, entrants release and agree not to bring claims against Zimmer Radio, Inc., its Stations, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, related entities, directors, officers, employees, agents, insurers, attorneys, shareholders, representatives, predecessors, successors, assigns, advertising and promotion agencies, contest sponsors, and prize suppliers for claims, losses, damages, expenses, costs, or liabilities arising from or related to participation in the contest or acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a prize, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. Prizes

Prizes will be described in the specific contest rules, promotional materials, website, or applicable on-air announcements.

Unless otherwise stated:

• Prizes are non-transferable.
• Prizes are non-exchangeable.
• No cash equivalent or substitution will be provided.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize becomes unavailable.

Prize values stated in promotional materials are approximate retail values unless otherwise specified.

A winner may not transfer, sell, auction, or attempt to sell or auction a complimentary prize awarded by a Zimmer Radio, Inc. Station.

13. Event and Ticket Prizes

Zimmer Radio, Inc. and its Stations are not responsible for the cancellation, postponement, rescheduling, relocation, interruption, or modification of a concert, sporting event, performance, festival, or other event for which tickets are awarded.

The Station has no obligation to reimburse a winner, provide cash compensation, or substitute another prize because of the cancellation, delay, or modification of an event unless the Station elects to do so.

Tickets are subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions, and policies established by the venue, promoter, ticket provider, artist, league, team, or other applicable third party.

14. Travel Prizes

Travel prizes are subject to availability and any restrictions imposed by Zimmer Radio, Inc., the Station, contest sponsors, airlines, hotels, transportation providers, venues, or other parties involved in fulfillment.

Restrictions may include blackout dates, expiration dates, age requirements, availability limitations, travel dates, and other conditions.

Unless specifically included in the prize description, winners and their guests are responsible for transportation, ground transportation, meals, incidental expenses, baggage charges, gratuities, taxes, identification documents, passports, visas, insurance, and other expenses associated with accepting or using the prize.

Winners and guests may be required to travel on the same itinerary and may be required to sign eligibility, liability, or publicity releases before travel.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. is not responsible for cancellations, delays, missed connections, changes in travel arrangements, weather, acts of nature, illness, acts of terrorism, governmental action, work stoppages, bankruptcy of a travel provider, or other circumstances beyond its control.

15. Gift Cards and Certificates

Gift cards and gift certificates are subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions, expiration provisions, redemption policies, location restrictions, excluded products, and other conditions imposed by the issuer.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. is not responsible for the loss, theft, expiration, closure of a business, or refusal to honor a gift card or certificate after it has been awarded, except as otherwise required by law.

16. How to Claim a Prize

Winners will be selected and notified as described in the specific rules for each contest.

Unless alternate arrangements are approved by Zimmer Radio, Inc., winners may be required to claim prizes at:

Zimmer Radio, Inc. / Zimmer Marketing
2702 East 32nd Street
Joplin, MO 64804

Prizes may generally be claimed Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding holidays.

If a prize is mailed or delivered with the winner’s consent, the winner assumes the risk of loss or damage during delivery to the extent permitted by law.

Winners may be required to provide:

• Proof of age
• Government-issued photo identification
• Taxpayer identification information when legally required
• An affidavit of eligibility
• A liability release
• A publicity release
• Other documentation reasonably required by Zimmer Radio, Inc., the Station, or the prize provider

Failure to provide required documentation may result in forfeiture of the prize.

Unless otherwise stated in the specific contest rules, winners have thirty (30) days from the date they are notified or their name is first publicly announced to claim the prize.

Failure to claim a prize within the applicable period may result in forfeiture.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. may award an unclaimed or forfeited prize to an alternate eligible entrant or elect not to award the prize.

17. Taxes and Expenses

All federal, state, and local taxes associated with a prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. will issue and file any tax reporting documents required by applicable law.

Any expenses associated with accepting or using a prize that are not expressly included as part of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.

18. Disqualification

All entrants agree to comply with these General Contest Rules and any specific contest rules.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. may disqualify any entrant for:

• Violating contest rules
• Providing false, fraudulent, incomplete, or misleading information
• Tampering with the entry or winner-selection process
• Attempting to gain an unfair advantage
• Using automated or unauthorized entry methods
• Engaging in fraudulent activity
• Interfering with the operation of a contest
• Engaging in disruptive, threatening, harassing, illegal, or unsportsmanlike conduct
• Attempting to sell or auction a complimentary prize when prohibited by these rules

Entrants suspected of cheating, manipulating a contest, coordinating improper activity with other entrants or third parties, damaging property, interfering with Station operations, or engaging in unlawful activity may be disqualified and may be prohibited from participating in future Zimmer Radio, Inc. contests.

19. Tampering and Interference

Any deliberate attempt to circumvent, disrupt, damage, manipulate, or undermine the legitimate operation of a contest, telephone system, website, application, computer system, voting system, or other contest platform may constitute a violation of civil or criminal law.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. reserves the right to pursue available legal remedies against any person responsible for such conduct.

20. Publicity Release

Unless prohibited by law, participation in a contest constitutes permission for Zimmer Radio, Inc., its Stations, and contest sponsors to use an entrant’s or winner’s name, voice, biographical information, photograph, image, likeness, city of residence, contest entry, and contest-related content for advertising, promotional, programming, or publicity purposes without additional compensation.

Entrants acknowledge that contest entries and submitted materials may be displayed, broadcast, discussed, reproduced, or otherwise featured by Zimmer Radio, Inc. and its Stations in connection with the contest or related programming.

To the extent permitted by law, entrants release Zimmer Radio, Inc., its Stations, and contest sponsors from claims arising from such authorized use.

21. Entrant-Submitted Content

When a contest requires photographs, videos, audio recordings, essays, stories, artwork, or other entrant-created material, the entrant represents that:

• The entrant owns or has the legal right to submit the material.
• The submission does not violate another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.
• The submission does not contain unlawful material.
• Any individuals appearing in the submission have provided any permission legally required for its use.

Zimmer Radio, Inc. may disqualify submissions that it determines are inappropriate, unlawful, offensive, infringing, fraudulent, or inconsistent with the requirements or purpose of the contest.

Unless otherwise stated in specific contest rules, submitted contest materials will not be returned.

22. Privacy and Communications

Information collected in connection with a contest may be used to administer the contest, contact entrants and winners, verify eligibility, fulfill prizes, comply with legal obligations, and for other purposes described at the time of entry.

Participation in a contest does not automatically constitute consent to receive marketing emails or text messages unless such consent is separately requested and provided in accordance with applicable law.

Any optional marketing consent is separate from the entrant’s eligibility to participate unless otherwise permitted by law and expressly stated.

23. Specific Contest Rules

Zimmer Radio, Inc. may establish additional rules for an individual contest or promotion.

Specific contest rules may address matters including:

• Contest start and end dates
• Entry periods
• Eligibility requirements
• Geographic limitations
• Entry frequency
• Winner-selection procedures
• On-air contest mechanics
• Designated callers
• Keywords or code words
• Prize descriptions and values
• Sponsor requirements
• Travel restrictions
• Age requirements
• Claim deadlines
• Other promotion-specific conditions

If a provision of specific contest rules conflicts with these Official General Contest Rules, the specific contest rules will control for that contest.

24. Additional Terms and Conditions

Zimmer Radio, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, to interpret, supplement, or modify contest rules when necessary for the fair and proper administration of a contest.

The decisions of Zimmer Radio, Inc., the applicable Station’s Program Director, General Manager, or their authorized designee regarding the interpretation and administration of a contest are final.

If any provision of these rules is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the extent permitted by law.

Copies of these Official General Contest Rules or rules for a specific contest may be requested by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope identifying the contest to:

Zimmer Radio, Inc.
Attn: Contest Rules
2702 East 32nd Street
Joplin, MO 64804