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KBAK/KBFX/ CUTEST PET PHOTO CONTEST

 

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OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

 

Contest:   KBAK/KBFX/ Cutest Pet Photo Contest  

 

Station:   The Tennis Channel, Inc. dba KBAK and KBFX

 

Station Address:   KBAK/KBFX, 1901 Westwind Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93301

 

Contest Area:   California County: Kern

 

Sponsor(s):   Flame & Fire Brazilian Steakhouse - Bakersfield

 

Prize Provider(s):   Flame & Fire Brazilian Steakhouse - Bakersfield

 

Age of Eligibility:   Eighteen (18)

 

Contest Period:   May 2, 2022 to May 30, 2022

 

Entries Due:   12:00 PM PDT on May 9, 2022

 

Entry is limited to one (1) entry per person.

Photo Topic:  Submit a photo of your Cutest Pet (Entrant must be owner of the pet. Photo must be of one (1) pet only.  No people may be depicted in photo. Pictures that include collages, 3rd party logos or slogans will not be accepted.)

Judging Criteria:  Appearance (40%); Photo Quality (30%); and Creativity (30%) 

 

Finalist Selection Date:   May 10, 2022

Number of Finalists Based on Judging Results:  Thirty-Two (32)

Online Voting Period: 

Round 1 (32 Finalists): May 11, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT to May 16, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT

Round 2 (16 Finalists): May 17, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT to May 20, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT

Round 3 (8 Finalists): May 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT to May 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT

Round 4 (4 Finalists): May 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM PDT to May 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT

Number of Winners Based on Voting Results: One (1)

Total Number of Winners: One (1)

Prize(s) and Value(s):  One (1) Five Hundred Dollar ($500.) gift card for Flame & Fire Brazilian Steakhouse, Bakersfield, CA.  Prize Value is $500.

In connection with any visit to any Prize Provider location, please be advised that the Prize Provider’s policies, CDC guidelines, and the recommendations of health officials must be followed.  Please note that any public location where people are present provides an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19, and the Station and Prize Provider cannot guarantee that any person will not be exposed during a visit.

 

Station’s Website:  https://bakersfieldnow.com

 

Station’s Privacy Policy:   https://bakersfieldnow.com/station/privacy

 

Station’s Website Terms and Conditions:   https://bakersfieldnow.com/station/terms

 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. 

 

All capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth above.

 

How to Enter

 

To enter, log on to the Station’s Website and click on the Contest section to access the Contest entry page. Complete the online entry form with your name, address, phone number, birth date, upload your photograph of the Photo Topic, and click submit. No mechanically reproduced or completed entries will be accepted.

 

Judging of Entries

 

1. Each entry will be judged and scored by a panel of judges comprised of Station personnel based on the Judging Criteria.

 

2. On the Finalist Selection Date, the judges will determine the Total Number of Finalists with the highest score(s) based on the criteria set forth above. 

 

Online Voting

 

1.   During the Online Voting Period, viewers will be prompted to vote on the Station’s Website for the Contest.  Online Voting is limited to one (1) vote per IP address per day.  Duplicate votes will be disqualified. Entrants are prohibited from obtaining votes by offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, vote farming, vote purchasing, or any other activity that artificially inflates such entrant’s votes as determined by Station in its sole discretion.

 

2.  The Station reserves the right to determine in its sole and absolute discretion whether the online votes are valid, and may disqualify any duplicate votes.  Multiple and/or irregular votes or multiple votes from the same user or users, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, other automated means or other source will be considered invalid. 

 

How to Win

 

The Number of Winners will be determined at the end of the Round 4 Online Voting Period based on the Finalist(s) photograph with the highest number of valid votes received, as determined by Station, in its sole and absolute discretion.  In the event of a tie, one (1) winner will be randomly selected from among the tied entrants.  

 

Eligibility

 

1.  To be eligible to participate in the Contest, entrants must be U.S. residents who are at least the Age of Eligibility, and reside in the Contest Area.  Residents and Citizens of the European Union are not eligible to enter or win this Contest. 

 

2.  Employees of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Station (collectively, the “Company”), Sponsor(s), Prize Provider(s), contest software providers, social media platforms, each of their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, any and all local television broadcast and cable stations, local radio and other media companies, and the immediate family members of each are ineligible.  The term “immediate family” includes spouses, domestic partners, grandparents, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, and any other relatives who reside in the same household with employee.  Only one winner per household.

 

Contest Terms and Conditions

 

1.   Station is not responsible for lost, late, garbled, or misdirected entries, printing errors, server unavailability, computer or any other electronic malfunction.  All entries (including photographs) received that are duplicate, mutilated, tampered with, incorrect, illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void.  All entries (including photographs) become the property of the Company and will not be acknowledged or returned.

 

2.   Station cannot be held liable for any lost or stolen entries, prizes or contest information.  Station is not responsible for any technological malfunction, or human error relating to the Contest.

 

3.  By entering, entrants represent and warrant (i) that he/she owns the photograph submitted, (ii) the photograph does not violate the rights of any third parties, (iii) the photograph complies with all of requirements of the Photo Topic, (iv) the photograph has not been altered or enhanced with any software (excluding redeye), and (v) he/she agrees to the terms and conditions located at the Station’s Website Terms and Conditions.  No lewd, nude, crude, or offensive photographs (as determined by the Station in its sole and absolute discretion) will be accepted. 

 

4.  Prizes are provided “as is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.   Prizes are subject to the Sponsor(s) and/or Prize Provider(s) standard terms and conditions, and expiration dates.  For any ticket related prize, Station, Sponsor(s) and Prize Provider(s) are not responsible if any event or performance is cancelled or postponed.   

 

5.  Each winner will be notified by email or phone.  Before claiming any prize, each winner must provide his/her correct name, address and telephone number to Station at the time of notification.  Each winner must sign and return a release and affidavit of eligibility, which must be received within three (3) days of notification (or less due to prize use time constraints), at the time winner claims his/her prize in person at the Station.  Each winner must show picture identification to claim his/her prize.  Station reserves the right to examine additional identification and may choose to accept or deny awarding any prize based on the identification presented.  

 

6.  If a winner cannot be notified within two (2) days, or does not timely sign and return the release and affidavit of eligibility, then the prize will be forfeited, and time permitting, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner with the next highest score, as determined by the judges in their sole and absolute discretion.  If time does not permit for an alternate winner to be determined, then the prize will be forfeited, and the prize will remain the property of the Station.   

 

7.  There will be no substitutions or cash alternatives for any prize except at the sole discretion of Station.  The Station has the right to substitute a prize of similar value.  No sale, transfer or assignment of any prize is allowed.

 

8.  Each winner is responsible for paying all local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prizes as set forth in these rules.   Each winner must sign a W-9 form.   

 

9.   Entrants are eligible to win only one prize within any 90-day period, regardless of the number of contests entered.

 

10.  The Company is not liable if the provider of any part of a prize fails to satisfy its obligations to furnish its portion of the prize. 

 

11.  The Company, Sponsor(s), Prize Provider(s), and Facebook accept no responsibility or liability in connection with any injuries, losses or damages of any kind directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from the acceptance, possession or use of any prize awarded in the Contest.  By entering, entrants agree to release the Company, Sponsor(s), Prize Provider(s), contest software providers, social media platforms, and each of their respective parent, affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, from any and all claims, loss, damage or injury as a result of or incident to his/her participation in the Contest or his/her use of the prize.  Entrants further acknowledge and agree that if a winner, the Company has the right to publicize entrant’s name, character, likeness, photograph, voice and the fact that entrant is a winner of the Contest for promotional purposes, without financial remuneration.

 

12.  Complete Official Rules for the Contest are available Monday through Friday during normal business hours at the Station and on the Station’s Website.  For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Station at the Station Address within thirty (30) days of the last day of the Contest Period. 

 

13.  The Station has the right to disqualify any entrant it determines has not complied with the Contest Rules.  All decisions by the Station shall be final and binding relating to this contest, including the interpretation of the Contest Rules.  Station reserves the right to make rules and contest changes and change the contest dates.  Station reserves the right to cancel/terminate, modify or suspend the Contest if in Station’s sole determination it believes that the integrity of the Contest has been, or could be, compromised or that the Contest is not capable of running as planned or fairly, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or force majeure or any other causes beyond the Station’s control.

 

14.  The Contest is subject to the Station’s Privacy Policy and the Station’s Website Terms and Conditions located on the Station’s Website.

 

 
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