"Windy City LIVE ‘PillowTalk’ Contest" Jan-Dec 2018

Official Rules

I. NAME OF SPONSOR & ADMINISTRATOR

Windy City LIVE and WLS Television, Inc., (hereafterreferred to as “Sponsor” and/or “Administrator”).

II. ELIGIBILITY

Openonly to legal residents of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin; 18 years of age orolder and must reside in one of the following counties: in Illinois - Lake,McHenry, DeKalb, Kane DuPage, Cook, Kendall, Will Grundy, Kankakee, La Salle;in Indiana - Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper; and in Wisconsin -Kenosha, Walworth, Racine.

Any individuals (including but not limited to employees,consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the pastsix months, performed services for Windy City LIVE, WLS Television, Inc., itsparent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies and entities, theiradvertising/promotional agencies or vendors, any organizations responsible forsponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest orsupplying the prize, and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated andsuccessor companies, and immediate family and household members of suchindividuals, are not eligible to enter or play. "Immediate familymembers" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children,siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses. "Household members" shall meanpeople who share the same residence at least three months a year.

III. HOW AND WHEN TO ENTER

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 

VIA INTERNET:

Entrants must go to the Windy City LIVE Web site (http://www.windycitylive.com) and clickon the “Pillow Talk” graphic on the home page to enter.  Entrants will be required to submit a firstand last name, complete mailing address including street address, city, stateand zip code; contact phone number and email address.  Entrants will also be required to submit asingle topic question of no more than 100 words regarding an issue they wishthe hosts of “Windy City LIVE” to discuss on the show in the area provided onthe entry form.  Entrants must also agreeto the rules of the contest.

VIA STUDIO AUDIENCE

At Administrator’s discretion, producers of “Windy CityLIVE” may solicit audience members at a “Windy City LIVE” taping throughout thecontest period.  Audience members whoenter via Studio Audience will need to complete a paper entry form. Entrantswill be required to submit a first and last name, complete mailing addressincluding street address, city, state and zip code; contact phone number and emailaddress.  Entrants will also be requiredto submit a single topic question of no more than 100 words regarding an issuethey wish the hosts of “Windy City LIVE” to discuss on the show in the areaprovided on the entry form.  Entrantsmust also agree to the rules of the contest and will be provided with a copy ofthe rules upon request.

At Administrator’s discretion, Entrants may be asked to belive on the telephone on the day their question is being used, or may be askedto record their question on video.  Thisis entirely optional and the Entrant is in no way obligated to be live on the telephoneor to be videotaped.  Declining theseoptions will in no way affect Entrants chances of winning a prize.

Contest begins on January 1, 2018 at 1:00 pm Central Time (CT)and ends on Dec 31, 2018 at 6:00 am CT. Entries must be electronicallysubmitted.

Limit one (1) topic per Entry and limit one (1) Entry perperson per day.  Limit one (1) winner perHousehold per calendar year.

ANY INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE USEDIN ACCORDANCE WITH WLS TELEVISION, INC.’S PRIVACY POLICY AVAILABLE AT: http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/pp.htmlANYQUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES MUST BE DIRECTEDTO WLS TELEVISION, INC.

Sponsor & Administrator are not responsible for failed,partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of anykind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of anynetwork, hardware or software. If for any reason the Contest is not capable ofrunning as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes thatcorrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conductof the Contest, Administrator reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualifyany individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modifyor suspend the Contest. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption,deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure,theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; orany problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines,computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software,failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account oftechnical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web-site, orany combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or anyother person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloadingany materials from this Contest. In case of dispute as to identity of a winnerwho entered online, winner will be deemed to be the person who is theregistered user of the email account submitted in the winning entry.

IV. HOW AND WHEN WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED AND NOTIFIED

Administrator will periodically review all valid Entries atAdministrator’s sole discretion throughout the Contest period and select Winners based on the following judging criteria: originality,potential for on-air appeal and compelling nature of submission.

One (1) winner will be chosen weekly throughoutthe Contest period.  Entrant may only winone (1) prize per calendar year.

Winners will be officially notified by e-mail and/or phone;however BY PARTICIPATING, ENTRANT GIVESWLS TELEVISION, INC. AND “WINDY CITY LIVE” PERMISSION TO USE ENTRANT’S NAME ANDCITY AND STATE ON THE “WINDY CITY LIVE” BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE CONTESTPERIOD.  ENTRANTS WILL BE GIVEN THEOPTION TO USE A FALSE NAME TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY.

By participating, entrants agree to the Official Rules andthe decisions of the Administrator, which shall be final and binding in allrespects.

Entrants understand andaccept that their entries may be the same as or similar to entries that havebeen previously discussed and/or have been submitted by another entrant.  To avoid the possibility of any futuremisunderstanding, Entrants understand and accept that Sponsor may discusstopics that might seem to others to be similar to those submitted by an entrant.  All entries are subject to the complete Termsof Use, remain the property of Sponsor and will not be returned oracknowledged.  Entrants acknowledge andagree that any and all submissions may be used, in whole or in part, by Sponsorin future segments of the show regardless of the status of that submission inrelation to this contest and no prize of any kind will be awarded unless chosenas a winner of this contest.   Entrantagrees that any submission made is not being made in confidence or trust andthat no confidential or fiduciary relationship is intended or created betweenEntrant and Sponsor in any way, and that Entrant has no expectation of anycompensation or consideration of any type (other than any prize that may be awarded only if Entrant is selected as a Winner).

Inthe event winner is deemed ineligible, fails to comply with contest procedures,is not available to claim prize during specified dates or chooses to forfeitthe prize for any reason, then the prize will be awarded to therunner-up.  Final determination of winners is always conditional onverification of eligibility and compliance with all rules and procedures.

V. PRIZE

Grand Prize: One (1)standard size Coconut BlissPillow furnished by Mattress Firm; ARV of Grand Prize: $129.00 US.  Federal, state and local taxes, if any, arethe sole responsibility of the winner, who will receive an IRS Form 1099reflecting the final actual value of any prize valued at $600 or more.  Winners are not entitled to exchange ortransfer prizes or to obtain cash or other substitute, but Sponsor in its solediscretion may substitute prizes of equal or greater value. 

VI. RELEASES

By participating, entrants agree to be bound by theseofficial rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Contest Administrator,which shall be final in all respects. By participating in this Contest andaccepting any prize that they may win, entrants agree to release WLSTelevision, Inc., its parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies,advertising and promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of theirrespective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as wellas each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns(collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims,injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, fromparticipation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of the prize.

Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name,voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entrymaterials in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, oron a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unlessprohibited by law. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentionedinformation or materials, but may do so and may edit such information ormaterials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation orcompensation.

To claim prize, (a) winner may be required to provide proofof age, identity and residency, (b) winner must sign and return affidavit ofeligibility/compliance with rules, publicity/liability release andindemnification.

VII. MISCELLANEOUS; WINNERS’ LIST

Void where prohibited. All federal, state and local lawsand regulations apply.

Administrator reserves the right, in its sole discretion,to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel,terminate, modify and/or suspend the Contest in the event of tampering or othercircumstances, including but not limited to acts of God or civil disturbancethat render it impractical or impossible to complete or fulfill the Contest asoriginally planned. For the names of the prize winners, send a self-addressed,stamped envelope to "WCL Pillow Talk Contest” Winners, 190 N State Street,Chicago, IL 60601 within 30 days of Dec 31, 2017.