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20 Days Of Tablets Promotion Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE ENTRANT'S CHANCE OF WINNING.

1. How to Enter the Promotion:

a. These rules govern the "20 Days of Tablets" promotion(the "Promotion"),which is being conducted by KYW (AM)Newsradio 1060 (the "Station"). The Promotion begins on Monday, November 24, 2014 and ends on Friday, December 19, 2014 (the "Promotion Dates").

b. To enter the Promotion, entrant may enter by text message or online beginning on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 8:00am Eastern Time ("ET") and ending on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 8:30am ET (the "Entry Period"). Listen to the Station weekdays at approximately 8:05am ET during the Entry Period for the on-air personality to announce the secret word for that day ("Secret Word"). Upon hearing the Secret Word of the day, entrant may enter as follows:

(i) To enter by text message, listeners must text the Secret Word for that day announced on air on the Station during the Entry Period to 84816 daily to enter the Promotion. Message and data rates may apply. The Station is not responsible for any fees incurred by an entrant for this method of entry. Potential prize winner(s) in a text message promotion must provide all information requested including entrant's full name, complete address (including zip code), day and evening phone numbers and date of birth to verify eligibility. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. By entering by text, entrants consent to receive a confirmation text message from the Station.

(ii) To enter online, visit www.cbsphilly.com/tabletand follow the links and instructions to enter the Promotionand complete and submit the online entry form during the Entry Period, including your first name, last name, phone number, email address, date of birth, short code and keyword - Secret Word for that day announced on air on the Station during the Entry Period, and the short code 84816.Online entrants are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to the Station's Privacy Policy. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. P.O. Boxes are not permitted. Entries submitted may not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of submission of an entry shall not be deemed proof of receipt by the Promotion administrator.

c. The Secret Word of the day for this Promotion will not be the same throughout the Entry Period. Listeners may enter as many times as they wish. There is no limit. There will be up to a total of twenty (20) winners selected in the Promotion. All text message and online entries must be received by 8:30am ET daily to be considered for that day's random drawing.

d. One (1) randomly selected entrant will be selected daily as a winner of a tablet.Entries will only be valid for the specific day that entries were received on (i.e., daily drawing). Entries will not roll over or be included in more than one drawing.

e. Due to delays in the online streaming of the Station's broadcast signal, listeners to the online stream may not be able to participate in or may be disadvantaged in participating in on-air contests. Entrants are encouraged to listen to the Station on-air. The Station is not responsible for online streaming delays.

2. Eligibility Restrictions:

a. The Promotion is open to all persons who are legal United States residents, who are 18 years of age or older and who reside in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA; Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties, NJ).Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees, officers, directors and agents of Interstate General Media, LLC,the Station, CBS Radio Inc., their corporate affiliates, Station's advertising and promotional agencies, participating sponsors, prize suppliers, their respective affiliates (collectively, the "Promotion Entities") and other radio stations in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings or children) and those living in the same household of each (whether related or not), are ineligible to enter or win. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. By participating, entrant agrees to comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are final and binding in all respects.

b. Only one (1) winner per household is permitted in any Station-conducted promotion.Listeners are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only once every six (6) months.

c. Each winner may be required to present valid government-issued photo identification and must provide their complete address, date of birth and phone number to claim a prize.

d. Entrants are required to provide truthful information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent. The Station will disqualify any entrant who does not meet the eligibility requirements and will also delete any entry as required by law.

3. Prizes:

a. A maximum of twenty (20) prizes will be awarded: Each prize is one (1) Apple® iPad Air™ mobile digital device with Wi-Fi. 3G data plan is sold separately. Approximate Retail Value of each prize is $399.00. Each winner will also receive a 1-year Digital Replica subscription to The Inquirer courtesy of The Inquirer. Each winner will be solely responsible for all taxes and all other fees and expenses not specified herein associated with the receipt and use of the prize. Each prize is awarded as is.

b. No more than the stated number of prizes specified in these official rules will be awarded. All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at KYWNewsradio (1555 Hamilton Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130) during regular business hours of 9 a.m. through 5 p.m.Each winner will forfeit any prize(s) or prize certificate(s) not claimed within ten (10) days of winning. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed or shipped to the winner(s), it will be with the prior written consent of the winner(s) and therefore, winner(s) assumes the risk of its loss. The Station is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize(s) or prize certificate(s).

c. Prize(s) is not transferable, and no substitution, assignment or cash equivalent of prize(s) is permitted, except by the Station (solely at its discretion), which reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize portion with another prize or prize portion of greater or equal value. The prize(s) are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and unless otherwise expressly specified, do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Promotion Entities are not responsible for winners' limitations that prevent acceptance or use of prize(s). Entrants acknowledge that the Promotion Entities have not made, and are not in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranties, representations or guarantees, and hereby disclaim any and all warranties, expressed or implied, whether by contract or law, concerning any prize, including without limitation, implied warranties of quality, merchantability, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Other restrictions may apply.

4. Winner Selection and Notification:

a. Decisions of the Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.

b. Beginning on Monday, November 24, 2014 and continuing each weekday through Friday, December 19, 2014, the Station will select one (1) potential prize winnerat approximately 12:00 (noon) pm ET in a random drawing from among a combined pool of text message and online valid entries received by 8:30am ET each day. Up to twenty (20) potential prize winners will be selected as described in Section 1 of these Official Rules.Entries will only be valid for the specific day that entries were received on (i.e., daily drawing). Entries will not roll over or be included in more than one drawing.

c. All potential prize winners will be notified of winning by email and/or telephone no later than 5:00 pm ET each day, except for Thursday, November 27, 2014 and Friday, November 28, 2014 winners will be selected on Monday, December 1, 2014 at approximately 12:00 (noon) pm ET and will be notified of winning by email and/or telephone promptly following each drawing.

d. The odds of being selected depend on the combined number of eligible text message and online entries received each day.

e. Entrants must listen to the Station to acquire the announced Secret Word of the day and short code for entry via online or text message but need not be present to enter or win.

f. Prize(s) will be awarded only upon confirmation of eligibility and completion of all requisite releases. Each winner must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release within ten (10) days of winning or prize will be forfeitedand an alternate winner will not be selected.If a winner has not reached the age of majority in his/her state of residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian. If a potential winner(s) cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the required fully-executed affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release within the required time period, or if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize.

5. Conditions:

a. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winner(s). The winner(s) may be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 with the winner's full Social Security Number or the equivalent for receipt of any prize(s) and will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 with the winner's full Social Security Number or the equivalent for receipt of any prize(s) valued at $600 or more or for any prizes awarded by the Station (or any other CBS Radio station in Station's market) in a calendar year with an aggregate value of $600 or more. Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in forfeiture of the prize(s). Such winnings of $600 or more will be reported to the IRS.

b. Participation in the Promotion and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes entrant's and/or winner's (and guest's, if applicable) permission for the Station or its designees to interview the winner(s) (or guest(s), if applicable), to photograph, film and record each winner (or guest, if applicable), and to use in commerce and in any media, now or hereafter known, throughout the world, in perpetuity, his/her name, prize(s) won, hometown (city and state), biographic information, likeness, photograph, voice, audio or video recording and/or any statements made by him/her regarding the Station, the Promotion and/or its sponsor(s) for purposes of trade, publicity or promotion without notice or additional compensation, notification or permission, in perpetuity, except where prohibited by law. Each winner (and guest, if applicable) agrees to sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize, except where prohibited by law.

c. Participation in the Promotion and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes entrant's and/or winner's (and guest's, if applicable) agreement to release, discharge, and hold harmless the Promotion Entities and their respective officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives and all of their successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from any prize(s) awarded and participation in the Promotion, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death or damage to or loss of property, which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Promotion, or delivery, possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of any prize or participation in any Promotion-related activity, including, but not limited to, any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery.

d. If for any reason this Promotion cannot be executed as planned, including but not limited to, as a result of infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Released Parties that corrupt or affect the security, administration, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion, or if the Promotion is compromised or becomes technically corrupted in any way, electronically or otherwise, the Station reserves the right to cancel, terminate, suspend and/or modify the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated before the original end date, the Station reserves the right, in its sole discretion to, to modify the procedure for selecting winner(s), unless the nature of the event giving rise to such termination renders it impossible to select winner(s).

e. The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the Promotion or in the announcement of a prize(s); (ii) incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, failure or omission; (iii) unauthorized human intervention; (iv) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete or late entries; (v) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties, telephone service outages, delays, busy signals, poor signals or signal interference, accidental disconnection or equipment malfunctions or any other technological problems or failures of any kind; or (vi) any cancellations, delays, diversions, substitutions or omissions whatsoever by any transportation providers or any other persons or entities providing any services to winner(s) (and guest(s), if applicable) including any results thereof such as changes in services or location necessitated by same. Further, the Released Parties are not responsible if any part of a Promotion prize cannot be awarded due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond the Released Parties' control.

f. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins or any other methods may void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. The use of any device to automate entry is prohibited. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, promotion entry services or proxies) will void all entries by that entrant at the Station's discretion. The Station's or its Promotion administrator's computer or telephone system is the official time keeping device for this Promotion. In the event of a dispute, online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the Authorized Account Holder. The "Authorized Account Holder" is the natural person who (i) is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address or (ii) is assigned to the text or mobile telephone number by a telecommunications provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning such numbers. The Station, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person who it believes is tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion. Failure to comply with the rules of the Promotion may result in an entrant's disqualification and/or forfeiture of any prize or prizes. If the Station makes a good faith determination that an entrant has cheated or committed fraudulent activity in connection with a Promotion, the Station may disqualify that entrant from entering and/or winning this and any or all future Station-administered Promotions and seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

g. The Station reserves the right to make changes to the rules of the Promotion, including, without limitation, the substitution of a prize(s) of equivalent value, which will become effective upon announcement. If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Promotion Entities, any competition or prize-related event or travel is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Station reserves the right, but not the obligation, to cancel, terminate, suspend or modify the Promotion and shall not be required to award a substitute prize(s).

h. Except where prohibited, by entering the Promotion, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize(s) awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event shall such costs include attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including, without limitation, lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have any damages awarded multiplied or increased. New York law governs the interpretation and construction of these Official Rules and all aspects related thereto.

i. Apple and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Apple, Inc. By submission of an entry, an entrant releases Apple, Inc. from any responsibility or liability for the Promotion's administration, prizes or promotion.

j. For a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (VT residents may omit return postage) for receipt by December 19, 2014 to "20 Days of Tablets -Official Rules," Attn: Promotions KYWNewsradio, 1555 Hamilton Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130. For the names of the prize winner(s) send a self-addressed stamped envelope (VT residents may omit return postage) for receipt byJanuary 20, 2015to the above address marked "20 Days of Tablets -Winner List". The Official Rules and the Winner List (when completed) shall also be available during regular business hours at the main offices of the Station and may be posted online at cbsphilly.com.

6. Privacy:

a. By participating in the Promotion, entrant agrees to the Station's Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of entrant's personal information as described in the Privacy Policy located at www.cbsphilly.com. In the event of conflict between the Station's Terms of Use Agreement and these Official Rules, the terms of these Official Rules shall apply.

Administrator: KYWNewsradio, 1555 Hamilton Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

Sponsor: Interstate General Media, LLC, P.O. Box 8263, Philadelphia, PA 19101

This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Apple, Inc. By submission of an entry, an entrant releases Apple, Inc. from any responsibility or liability for the Promotion's administration, prizes or promotion.

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