GENERIC CONTEST OR SWEEPSTAKES RULES. WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship Contest OFFICIAL RULES

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1 WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship Contest OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. 1. HOW TO ENTER a. The WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship contest will begin on January 29, 2018 at 5:00AM and end on March 1, 2018 at 11:59PM. b. To participate in the contest, you may enter via the following method(s): Entry will be available to junior and senior high school students over 13 who will write a thirty second public service announcement for a local charity/nonprofit. This will be entered via a form on WKBN.com (which may be submitted online or by U.S. mail, as described further below). The submission will include the student s information and actual entry (public service announcement). The deadline for entries will be Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 11:59PM. Entries may be entered via mail and be postmarked by Thursday, March 1, 2018 or via WKBN.com with the WKBN.com computer clock before 11:59PM on March 1, All entries via standard mail must use the appropriate form as found on WKBN.com. c. For entries by mail, the Station is not responsible for lost, stolen, mangled, misdelivered, illegible, incomplete or late entries. The Station is not responsible for Internet transmission errors, illegible entries, service outages, delays, busy signals, equipment malfunctions and any other technological difficulties that may prevent transmitting his/her entry. d. There is only one entry allowed per person. No group projects will be accepted. Classes may submit entries, but every student must have their own entry. e. Entries must be written about one and only one of the charity/nonprofit organizations that is provided by WKBN. If an entry is created about an organization that is not on the list provided, that entry will be eliminated. f. The station may disqualify any entries with inappropriate content, in station s sole discretion. Examples of inappropriate content include materials that contain the intellectual property rights of others (e.g., trademarked or copyrighted material), nudity or other states of undress, and/or inappropriate language (e.g., slurs, curse words, etc).

2 2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS a. The contest is open to all WKBN 27 listeners/viewers who are at least 13 years old and are juniors and seniors in High School and who legally reside in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull or Mercer counties. Employees of WKBN 27 (the Station ), its licensee, its corporate parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, other television stations in the Youngstown - Warren and Western Pennsylvania metropolitan area and the members of their immediate families and/or households are ineligible to participate or win. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. b. Scholarship winner must sign a Talent Release Form thus giving us the authority to utilize them on a promotional spot run by WKBN 27 AND for use and promotion on our WKBN.com. If the individual is under 18, this also must be signed by a parent or guardian. Failure to sign this form will disqualify the winner and the First Runner Up (and so forth) will be selected as the Winner. 3. PRIZES a. The WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship Contest will award the following prizes: 1. Grand Prize $ College Scholarship 2. 1 st Runner Up $ Amazon Gift Card 3. 2 nd Runner Up $ Amazon Gift Card 4. 3 rd Runner Up $ Amazon Gift Card 5. 4 th Runner Up $ Amazon Gift Card 6. 5 th Runner Up $ Amazon Gift Card The Grand Prize winner (1) will also receive an engraved award (ARV $80.00). Each Runner Up (5) will receive an honorary plaque (ARV $10.00). All winners (6) will receive a gift basket including promotional items from WKBN 27 and the sponsor partners of the Caring for Our Community campaign (ARV $30). b. All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office of the Station at the address below. The winner will forfeit any prize or prize certificate not claimed within forty-five (45) days of winning. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its loss. The Station is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or prize certificate.

3 c. There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash. The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Other restrictions may apply. 7. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION a. Decisions of the Station management with respect to the contest are final. b. The top winning entries will be selected anonymously by a select group of individuals from the WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community campaign and its sponsor partners based on the criteria below. The deadline for entries will be March 1, The judging will take place solely on March 5, The winners will be notified the following week and arrangements will be made for them to visit the station to do a winner s interview, promotional spot and receive a tour. A banquet will be held for the winning students, their teacher, parent(s), non-profit organizations that were highlighted in the entries and the sponsor partner companies on March 28, Winners need not be present at the interview, promotional spot, tour or banquet and are still eligible to win. c. Each entry will be judged on the written public service announcement (PSA). The charity/nonprofit that is featured in the PSA will not be influential in the decision by the judges. If a student decides to include video, judges will not be required to judge it, but it may be helpful for the student to display their vision of the PSA. Judges will score each entry based on several factors. Is the entry well written, correct spelling, consistent flow. Did the judge understand the message of the PSA, was it clear. Did the entry show creativity and originality, did the student use his/her imagination in coming up with the proposed PSA? Lastly, how does the written PSA fit the organization, is it focused on their causes and goals? These are the criteria that will be used for judging. If there is a tie in the numerical score for two particular entries, a tie will be broken by having each judge rescore both entries ranking them in the order of number one and number two number one being the judge s top choice. d. A select group of judges will score the entries. The judges will be divided into two teams. In round one, each team will read half of the received entries and the teams will score the entries based upon the above guidelines. The top fifteen entries from each team will then move on to the second round. In the second round, all the judges will read and score the top 30 entries. The winner will be the entry receiving the highest score in the second round. The first runner up will be the entry with the second highest score so on and so forth. In the case of a tie, each judge will re-judge the tying entries and determine which one he/she likes the best. The entry with the most votes will win the tie break.

4 e. There are no names, schools or any other identifying marks on the entries. Judges will score entries based on elements such as creativity, originality, messaging, flow, focus and spelling. f. The odds of winning or being one of the winners in the WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship Contest depend on the number of entries received. g. Winner does not need to be present to win. h. Winners will be selected on Monday, March 5, They will then be notified via phone sometime during the following week. Winners will be contacted via the information (phone and ) that they include on the scholarship entry form on WKBN.com. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release within the required time period, or if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. The eligible winners will then be relisted and the entry next in line after scoring from our judges will be moved into the last position for our winners. 8. CONDITIONS a. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. Winners may be required to sign an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent. b. By participating in the contest, participants agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest without additional financial or other compensation, and, where legal, to sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize. The Website s Terms of Service apply to any online portions of this Contest. c. Prior to awarding any prize or prize certificate, the Station in its sole discretion may require contest winners (and their travel companions, if any) to sign a liability release, agreeing to hold the Station, its corporate licensee, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated corporations, and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the contest. d. The Station reserves the right to make changes in the rules of the contest, including the substitution of a prize or equivalent value, which will become effective upon announcement.

5 If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Station, any competition or prize-related event is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Station reserves the right, but not the obligation, to cancel or modify the contest and shall not be required to award a substitute prize. e. Failure to comply with the contest rules or the Station s website Terms of Service may result in an entrant s disqualification solely at the discretion of the Station. f. The Station is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest, or in the announcement of a prize. g. Copies of the written contest rules and a list of winners (when complete) are available during regular business hours at the main studio of WKBN 27 at 3930 Sunset Blvd., Youngstown, OH Sponsors: Huntington Bank 108 Main Avenue SW Warren, OH Dunkin Donuts Harvest Lane Grafton, OH Window World 8070 Southern Blvd. Boardman, OH WKBN Sunset Blvd. Youngstown, OH 44512