105.5 Triple M - WMMM Project M 2009 Contest Rules

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1 105.5 Triple M - WMMM Project M 2009 Contest Rules These contest rules are specific to the above contest conducted by Entercom Madison, LLC d/b/a WMMM ( Station ). Except to the extent specifically set forth below with respect to this specific contest, the Station s 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 at the Station s studio at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI during regular business hours and on the contest page on the Station s website at To the extent that the general contest rules differ from these rules, these rules will govern and control with respect to this contest. Entry/Winning: 1. No purchase necessary to enter or win. 2. Eligible contestants can enter starting March 30, 2009 and ending April 13, 2009 at 5 p.m. (CT) through the following process: (1) upload one (1) video of their original music performance up to four (4) minutes in length (only the first four (4) minutes of any video will be judged; however, longer videos will not be disqualified) to (2) go to and click on the Project M Contest link and provide the following information: your full name, address, phone number (including area code), cell phone number if applicable (including area code), address, and a link to their video on and (3) Entrants must read the online release and click on I agree button to complete their entry. 3. Video Requirements: a. One song up to four (4) minutes in length (only the first four (4) minutes of any video will be judged; however, longer videos will not be disqualified) that is fully sung and performed by the Entrant named on the entry form. No medleys or prerecorded music are permitted. b. Only one song is permitted per entry submission (entries exceeding one song will be automatically disqualified). Entry forms must be legible and contain all information required. Only one entry per person will be permitted. No other person besides Entrant can be depicted visually or audibly in video. b. Both the music and lyrics must be original written music by all of the Entrants and fully performed by the Entrants. No sampling or recorded music may be included unless the music was wholly created and written by the Entrant and musical performances actually performed by only Entrant in this contest. c. The video MUST NOT contain any copyrighted music, video, lyrics or other material unless the Entrant has obtained all of the appropriate licenses for the commercial use of such copyrighted material and has attached proof of such licenses to entry. Station shall determine whether or not such proof of licenses are satisfactory in its sole discretion. A song that includes (or is suspected to include, in Station s sole discretion) any copyrighted lyrics or music or any prerecorded music performed by anyone other than the Entrant (in whole or in part) will result in disqualification from this Contest. BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, THE ENTRANT IS REPRESENTING TO STATION THAT THE USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH SONG BY STATION WILL NOT VIOLATE OR INFRINGE UPON THE ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 1

2 RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COPYRIGHTS OF OTHERS. By submitting a song, each Entrant represents and warrants that they own the rights to the song submitted with each entry. By submitting an entry, Entrants agree to indemnify Station should any representations and warranties in these contest rules prove to be false or inaccurate. d. Songs must not contain any indecency, profanity, obscenity, explicit sexuality, or lyrics that are harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, that encourages unlawful behavior, is hateful, or which is racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable, as determined by Station in its sole discretion and may be disqualified by Station on a case-by-case basis. KEEP IT CLEAN. e. Songs must not include brand names, trade-marks, trade names, logos or the intellectual property of any third parties. 4. Failure to submit all of these items as requested will result in immediate disqualification. 5. By submitting an entry, you grant permission to Station to post your video on Station s website and/or play your song on-air. 6. On or about April 14, all eligible entries will be judged by the Station judges. Station judges will judge entries in their sole discretion based on any lawful criteria, including but not limited to singing ability, musical composition and overall style ( Finalist Judging Criteria ). Judges will select up to ten (10) entries to move forward in the Contest, upon confirmation of eligibility and compliance with these Contest rules (each a Finalist ). All Finalists will be determined by the panel of judges in their sole and complete discretion and all decisions of the judges shall be final. 7. Finalists will be contacted on April 15, 2009 by 5 p.m. (CT). Finalists MUST confirm participation with a member of the Station s promotions staff by April 17, 2009 by 12 p.m. (CT). Failure to confirm will result in disqualification. If one or more Finalists fail to confirm participation by April 17 at 12 p.m. (CT), Station reserves the right to select alternate Finalists from the pool of entries based on the Finalist Judging Criteria described above. However, alternate Finalists must confirm their participation in the Contest no later than April 20, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). 8. Challenges: a. Challenge 1: i. On April 22, 2009, Finalists must appear in person at the Station s studios located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI at 6 p.m. (CT) for up to a 2 hour period and will each be given Challenge 1. Finalists will be given one week to prepare for Challenge 1. ii. On April 29, 2009, Finalists must appear in person at the Station s studios at 6 p.m. (CT) to complete Challenge 1. iii. Finalists will each be given Challenge 2 once they have completed Challenge 1, but only non-eliminated Finalists will be able to participate in Challenge 2 on May6, 2009 (see 7(b) below). iv. Each Finalist s completed Challenge 1 will be videotaped and posted online at Videos will be posted by ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 2

3 the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on May 1, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they think the Station judges should select to remain in the Contest. Listeners may vote as often as they want. Listener voting ends on May 5, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. v. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide vi. Station will announce one (1) Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on May 6, 2009 prior to the start of Challenge 2 (see 7(b) below). b. Challenge 2: i. On May 6, 2009, remaining Finalists from Challenge 1 must appear in person at the Station s studios located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI at 6 p.m. (CT) for up to a 2 hour period to complete Challenge 2. ii. These remaining finalists will each be given Challenge 3 once they have completed Challenge 2, but only non-eliminated Finalists will be able to participate in Challenge 3 on May 13, 2009 (see 7(c) below). iii. Each remaining Finalist s completed Challenge 2 will be will be posted by the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on May 8, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they May 12, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. iv. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide v. Station will announce one (1) more Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on May 13, 2009 prior to the start of Challenge 3 (see 7(c) below). c. Challenge 3: i. On May 13, 2009, remaining Finalists from Challenge 2 must appear in person at the Station s studios located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI at 6 p.m. (CT) for up to a 2 hour period to complete Challenge 3. ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 3

4 ii. These remaining finalists will each be given Challenge 4 once they have completed Challenge 3, but only non-eliminated Finalists will be able to participate in Challenge 4 on May 20, 2009 (see 7(d) below). iii. Each remaining Finalist s completed Challenge 3 will be will be posted by the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on May 15, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they May 19, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists each week, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. iv. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide v. Station will announce one (1) more Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on May 20, 2009 prior to the start of Challenge 4 (see 7(d) below). d. Challenge 4: i. On May 20, 2009, remaining Finalists from Challenge 3 must appear in person at the Station s studios located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI at 6 p.m. (CT) for up to a 2 hour period to complete Challenge 4. ii. These remaining finalists will each be given Challenge 5 once they have completed Challenge 4, but only non-eliminated Finalists will be able to participate in Challenge 5 on May 27, 2009 (see 7(e) below). iii. Each remaining Finalist s completed Challenge 4 will be will be posted by the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on May 22, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they May 26, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists each week, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. iv. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide v. Station will announce one (1) more Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on May 27, 2009 prior to the start of Challenge 5 (see 7(e) below). e. Challenge 5: ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 4

5 i. On May 27, 2009, remaining Finalists from Challenge 4 must appear in person at the Station s studios at located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI p.m. (CT)for up to a 2 hour period to complete Challenge 5. ii. These remaining finalists will each be given Challenge 6 once they have completed Challenge 5, but only non-eliminated Finalists will be able to participate in Challenge 6 on June 3, 2009 (see 7(e) below). iii. Each remaining Finalist s completed Challenge 5 will be will be posted by the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on May 29, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they June 2, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists each week, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. iv. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide v. Station will announce one (1) more Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on June 3, 2009 prior to the start of Challenge 6 (see 7(e) below). f. Challenge 6: i. On June 3, 2009, remaining Finalists from Challenge 5 must appear in person at the Station s studios at located at 7601 Ganser Way, Madison, WI p.m. (CT) for up to a 2 hour period to complete Challenge 6. ii. Each remaining Finalist s completed Challenge 6 will be will be posted by the end of the business day (5 p.m. CT) on June 5, 2009 and listeners will be asked to vote for the Finalists they June 9, 2009 at 12 p.m. (CT). Online votes will be taken into consideration in the selection of the Finalists each week, but online votes will not be the determinative factor of the selection of the Finalists. iii. Upon close of listener voting, a panel of Station judges will decide iv. Station will announce one (1) more Finalist that has been eliminated from the Contest on-air on or about June 10, Finalists do not need to listen to know whether or not they remain in the Contest. Each Finalist who competed in Challenge 6 will be will be notified at the telephone number he or she provided in his or her entry. Station will only be required to leave one message at ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 5

6 the telephone number provided by the Finalist on his or her entry into this Contest and if no answer or answering machine is reached, Station will not be obligated to attempt any further contact. g. Final Challenge: i. Remaining Finalists (up to 3) will complete their Final Challenge (see details immediately below) live on stage for Triple M Judges and audience on or about June 18, THE FINAL CHALLENGE WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LOCATION IN THE GREATER MADISON, WI THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY STATION ON-AIR AND ONLINE ON OR ABOUT June 10, ii. Each remaining Finalist will receive the opportunity to perform up to 30 minutes of their original music at the Final Challenge (only the first thirty (30) minutes of any performance will be judged; however, longer performances will not be disqualified). iii. Upon the conclusion of each remaining Finalist s performance at the Final Challenge, a panel of Station judges will decide which remaining Finalist is the Grand Prize Winner (upon confirmation of eligibility and compliance with these Contest rules), based on any lawful criteria they determine in their sole discretion, including but not limited to audience response. 9. Rules applicable to all Challenges: a. Any failure to attend, timely arrive or failure to stay for the duration of any of the above will result in automatic disqualification of that Finalist. b. Both the music and lyrics must be original written music by all of the Finalists at each Challenge and fully performed by the Finalists. No sampling or recorded music may be included unless the music was wholly created and written by the Finalist and musical performances actually performed by only the Finalist in this Contest. c. Songs performed in Challenges must not contain any copyrighted music, video, lyrics or other material unless the Finalist has obtained all of the appropriate licenses for the commercial use of such copyrighted material and has presented proof of such licenses to Station. Station may determine whether such proof is acceptable in its sole discretion. d. Songs performed at Challenges must not contain any indecency, profanity, obscenity, explicit sexuality, or lyrics that are harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, that encourages unlawful behavior, is hateful, or which is racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable, as determined by Station in its sole discretion and may be disqualified by Station on a caseby-case basis. KEEP IT CLEAN. e. Songs performed at Challenges must not include brand names, trademarks, trade names, logos or the intellectual property of any third parties. f. The rules Station announces at the time each Challenge is announced will govern that particular Challenge. Station Management shall be the sole arbiters in all matters relating to the interpretation of the rules associated with a particular Challenge and their decision shall be final as to all matters. ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 6

7 g. Failure to adhere to any of the above-rules or any specific rules announced at the time of each Challenge h. If a Finalist cannot continue further in the Contest for any reason (including but not limited to disqualification, illness, tardiness or failure to appear for a challenge, etc.) then Station reserves the right to eliminate or modify a Challenge based on the reduced number of Finalists. Station will not pick an alternate (e.g., a previous week s eliminated Finalist) to replace the eliminated Finalist. i. All Challenges must be performed solo by the Finalist (i.e., no other person other than Finalist providing vocals or other persons other than Finalist accompanying Finalist on an instrument), unless otherwise permitted as part of the criteria for a specific Challenge as announced by the Station. Prize: 10. Only one (1) verified Grand Prize Winner (if any) will have their song played on Station in regular rotation for a minimum period of one month. The song will play a minimum of once a day for (4) weeks. Approximate value $ The one (1) verified Grand Prize Winner (if any) will also win one meeting with an Atlantic Records A&R representative ( Representative ) for no more than 120 minutes. During this meeting, the Representative will provide music career advice, answer the Grand Prize Winner s questions, and/or listen to any music that listener brings (subject to the time limitation). The date, time and location of the meeting will be determined by Station, without liability for Grand Prize Winner s inability to attend the scheduled meeting for any reason. In the event that the Grand Prize Winner would like to play any music for the Representative during the meeting, it is the Grand Prize Winner s sole responsibility to bring the appropriate music player (computer for MP3 file, CD for CDs, cassette player for cassettes, etc ). Station is not responsible if the meeting needs to be rescheduled by the Representative and will, in good faith, work with the Representative and Grand Prize Winner to reschedule the meeting (so long as Grand Prize Winner notifies Station of the postponement) but in no event will Station be responsible for any failure of the Grand Prize Winner and Representative to reschedule the meeting for any reason. THE PRIZE IS A MEETING ONLY. IN NO EVENT SHOULD THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER EXPECT IN ANY WAY THAT HE/SHE WILL BE OFFERED A RECORDINGING CONTRACT AT OR AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING. THE MEETING IS INTENDED ONLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND TO PROVIDE SOME GENERAL GUIDANCE AND ADVICE TO THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER. STATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE HAS ANY AUTHORITY, POWER OR INCLINATION (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) TO FACILITIATE A RECORD DEAL FOR THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER. The Grand Prize Winner will also receive the opportunity to be an opening act for an Atlantic Records recording artist coming to the greater Madison area within the 2009 calendar year, as determined in the Station s sole discretion. However, the Grand Prize Winner is not guaranteed this opportunity. In the event the Grand Prize Winner performs as an opening act for an Atlantic Records recording artist, Grand Prize Winner will receive no compensation for such performance. This portion of the prize is valued at approximately $1000-$2000, depending if airfare and hotel are needed for the meeting with the Representative. ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 7

8 Sponsor(s): 12. The sponsors of this contest are: Entercom Madison, LLC; Old Style Beer (G Hieleman Brewing Company); The Century House; FastFrames; and Atlantic Records. Other Rules Specific to this Contest: 13. Contest is open to anyone 21 years of age or older at time of entry that legally resides in the state of Wisconsin. 14. Entry in this contest is gratis and not in exchange for any airplay, add, increased airplay or rotations for the entrant(s) or any other artist, except as expressly described above in Section 10 with respect to the Grand Prize Winner (for which Station will notify the applicable monitoring services and disclose onair that the playing of the winning song is part of the contest prize). Notwithstanding the on-air plays specifically identified as part of this contest above (for which Station will notify the applicable monitoring services) or part of the prize as set forth in Section 10 above, any decision by the Station to play any such music (whether in connection with the Contest or otherwise) will be at the sole discretion of the Station and is in no way implicitly or explicitly in exchange for participation in this contest. If Station elects to play any such entry submission during or after this contest, Station may identify the entrant as a sponsor. IN NO EVENT DOES PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST MEAN THAT ANY ENTRANT IS ENTITLED TO ANY AIRPLAY OF THEIR ENTRY SUBMISSION, OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE CONTEST RULES. 15. WHETHER OR NOT SELECTED AS A WINNER OR QUALIFIER, ALL ENTRIES AND FINALIST PERFORMANCES AT CHALLENGES BECOME THE SOLE PROPERTY OF STATION AND MAY BE USED BY STATION IN ANY MEDIUM IT DEEMS DESIRABLE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION TO THE ENTRANT OR FINALIST (AS APPLICABLE), OR ANY OF THE PERSONS WHO PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR THE SUBMISSION. Station retains sole and exclusive possession of and retains all rights to use any entry (including but not limited to the musical performance submitted with an entry) or any Finalist performance at a Challenge, or any part thereof, indefinitely in any advertising, promotion or use of any other kind including, but not limited, to on-air and online usage without any compensation to Entrants or Finalists (as applicable) or any third parties. The aforementioned stipulations apply to all winning and non-winning Entries and every Finalist s performance at a Challenge. 16. Station is not responsible for any costs associated with submitting any entry or any costs arising out of participating in the contest or failure to adhere to official contest rules. 17. By entering this contest, Entrants acknowledge and agree that Station reserves the right to post some or all of the entries or some or all of the Finalists performances at Challenges on the Station s website or play some or all of the songs on any of its radio stations. ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 8

9 18. By entering this contest, Entrants and all participants understand and agree that Station may elect to use any submitted entry for entertainment purposes onair and may choose to make fun of any submitted entry. Entrants and all participants waive any right to make any claim against Station, or any contest sponsors with respect to any disparaging comment made on-air about such Entrant s entry. 17. Station is not responsible for any error or technical malfunctions associated with the site that may affect any entrant s ability to enter, win, be viewed or be properly considered in this Contest, regardless of the cause. In the event of a malfunction associated with the 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. ETM:32268_3.DOC ETM:32268_2. 9