- The promotion begins on September 22nd, 2025, and ends on October 31st, 2025.
- The value of each prize ranges from $93 up to the max total given away of $5,580 if no player guesses the correct sound until the end of the contest.
- We play a “secret sound” two times per day Monday-Friday during the promotion time period stated above and the first caller after we solicit at approximate play times gets to guess what it is. If they get it right, they get $93. If they get it wrong, that $93 gets added to the next play, so the winning is accumulative. Whenever there’s a winner the prize resets to $93.
- The personality will act as a judge to determine if the winner’s guess is close enough to what the sound is. (For example, if the sound is a drawer opening and closing and the player says “a drawer” we would likely give them the prize.)
The sound will be posted on the website (as a SoundCloud link) and updated whenever there’s a winner and a new sound. - For the final play (October 31st) the rules will slightly change to end the contest: Whatever the prize value is will be won by SOMEONE. The DJ will continue to take callers until the correct sound is guessed, and the prize value will remain at whatever it was for that time’s play. (If it’s at $279, for example, the DJ will play the sound and continue taking guesses, one guess per call, until there is a correct answer and that player wins $279.)
- The winner is responsible for all taxes on prizes if they win $600 or more or their winnings from this contest plus winnings from other contests in 2025 add up to $600 or more.
- General Contest Rules for all Contests on Coast 93.1:
- No purchase is necessary to enter any Coast 93.1 contest.
- To be eligible to win any prize on Coast 93.1 you must not have won anything on Coast 93.1 in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
- Anytime you call the Coast 93.1 studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record it for later broadcast.
- As a winner of a Coast 93.1 contest your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes without any compensation to you.
- Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. Coast 93.1 reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
- All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the Coast 93.1 studios prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
- In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), Coast 93.1’s delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as (Coast 93.1) awarding the prize to the winner. Coast 93.1 shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. Coast 93.1 shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
- All Coast 93.1 contests are open to all eligible residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified) living within 75 miles of station transmitter(s). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to Coast 93.1 that will be presented to Coast 93.1 and accepted before the prize is awarded. Employees of Coast 93.1, it’s advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the Coast 93.1 main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.
- Winners will be expected to claim prize at the Coast 93.1 studios, 420 Western Avenue, South Portland, Maine 04106, between 8:00am – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.
- Where the prize(s) consists of paper tickets (“will-call tickets”) the winner will be directed to go to a specified address and retrieve the will-call tickets, and, by entering the contest, the contestant agrees to pick up will-call tickets and sign and deliver to Coast 93.1 a waiver form as directed. Where the prize(s) consists of electronic (digital) concert or event tickets (“e-tickets”), the winner will receive an email from Coast 93.1 with a hyperlink to an electronic waiver form that the winner must sign and return to the Coast 93.1 before the prize will be transferred to the winner. The e-tickets will be transferred to the winner by Coast 93.1 or, in some cases, by a third party (for example, Ticketmaster, LiveNation, etc.) and the winner must check his or her email account for an email or cellular mobile number for a text message from the ticket provider in order to download the e-tickets. Where e-tickets are a prize, as a condition of entering the contest, redeeming and using e-tickets requires the winner (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, LiveNation, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to log into an existing user account or sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including, at a minimum, the winner’s first name, last name, valid email address and telephone number. E-tickets awarded as a prize in such contests cannot be redeemed or used by any means other than the designated third-party mobile ticketing app for the e-tickets. Individuals who do not have a valid email address, access to an app-enabled mobile device and/or do not comply with these requirements will not be able to redeem or use e-tickets should they be selected and verified as a winner, will not receive a substitute prize, and should not enter contests where e-tickets are the prize.
- Coast 93.1 reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if any contest rules are violated in any way.
- Coast 93.1 assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. Coast 93.1, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each are absolved and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
- As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, Coast 93.1 reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of Coast 93.1 management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
- Coast 93.1 reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. Coast 93.1’s decision is always final. In the event any one of the general contest rules which govern all Coast 93.1 contests contradict with any specific contest term, the specific contest term will control.
- For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: 207-792-6278. The person operating the telephone at Coast 93.1 has the final decision as to who is the winning caller.
- Coast 93.1 shall have no responsibility for contestant’s inability or failure to participate, failure to win or claim any prize based on malfunction or difficulties with telephone, cell phone, texting, email, or internet access, or any other circumstances in any contest beyond Coast 93.1’s control.
- For any contest involving on-line voting: If an entrant receives irregular votes, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated means, Coast 93.1 reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion and/or use another means to determine the winner(s), ex. – random selection or appointing a panel of judges.
- For any contests involving tickets to live performances or events, winners will need to follow all COVID guidelines and protocols put in place by the concert organizer.
- Coast 93.1 is not responsible for any event cancellations or reschedules.
- Coast 93.1 is not responsible for Internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network congestion, viruses, sabotage, satellite failures, phone line failures, electrical outages, natural disasters or act of man or God, lost, late, misdirected, postage-due, unintelligible, returned, undelivered entries or email, or lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, miscommunications, failed computer, network, telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or network. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this contest or website, or act in violation of the official service, as solely determined by the station, will be disqualified. Neither sponsor nor promotion parties are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this contest, and assumes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, deletion, interruption or delay in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access. Coast 93.1 is not responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this contest. Should any portion of contest be, in Coast 93.1’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention (i.e., hackers) or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the station, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this contest, or contest plays, Coast 93.1 reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the contest.
- Coast 93.1 has not made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on prize (if any) are provided only by the manufacturer, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty and/or guarantee.
- The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on coast931.com:
- All appropriate information in required fields must be entered correctly and completely or you will be disqualified.
- To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of Coast 93.1 as defined at the exclusive discretion of Coast 93.1 management.
- Any problems with the internet or email are not Coast 93.1’s responsibility.
- Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
- Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests may not be heard at all on Coast 93.1. Contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream may be slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station, and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard on the internet are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more. This means that when Coast 93.1 contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.
- A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the Coast 93.1 studios 420 Western Avenue, South Portland, Maine 04106
Secret Sound Rules
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