Find the mic and Win! (2003)

Dec 1, 2003 12:00 PM

Sorry, but the entry deadline has passed. Save your issues in 2004 for next year’s sweepstakes.Sweepstakes Rules

Win a Neumann BCM 104 microphone, Sonifex RB-MA2 mic preamp or LPB Silent Mic Boom!

A keen eye could make you a winner. Look for the mic icon on the Radio magazine covers from 2003 and you could win in the annual Find the Mic Sweepstakes from Radio magazine.

Read the complete rules farther down on this page.

Carefully enter the requested information below. When you are finished, click SUBMIT once. Your information will be saved. Be as specific as possible when describing the location of the mic icon on each cover.

Introduction:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Sponsors:
The sponsors (�Sponsors�) of this sweepstakes are Primedia Business Magazines & Media Inc. at 9800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212, Neumann USA at One Enterprise Drive, Old Lyme, CT 06371, Independent Audio at 43 Deerfield Rd, Portland, ME 04101, and LPB at 960 Brook Road, Unit 5, Conshohocken, PA 19428.

How to Enter:
Enter by carefully using the online form at www.beradio.com or by typing or hand writing the following information on your company letterhead or a standard 8�� by 11� sheet of paper: 1. Your name, job title, company name, address, telephone number and e-mail address; 2. A complete and accurate description of the location of the mic icon on each the following issues of Radio magazine from 2003 (Volume 9): January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, September Product Source supplement, October, November, December. Please be as specific as possible in describing the location of the necessary mic icons from the 2003 issues of Radio magazine. Click submit for the online form, or mail your entry to Radio magazine Microphone Sweepstakes, 9800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212 or fax it to (913) 514-7201. If you do not have all the necessary issues, you may obtain issue-cover copies by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Radio magazine Cover Request, 9800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212.

All entries (mail and online) must be received by January 17, 2004. Multiple entries are not permitted. One entry per person per mailing address and per e-mail address. Sponsors are not responsible for late, lost, damaged or misdirected mail, faxes or e-mail. Submitted entries will not be returned and become the property of Sponsors. Entries will be reviewed by the Radio magazine Sweepstakes committee (�Judges�) for completeness and accuracy. All decisions of the Judges are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes.

Winner Selection and Notification:
Three (3) winners will be chosen at random from all correctly submitted entries (entries with 13 correct answers) on or around January 21, 2004. If there are no entries with all 13 correct answers, three (3) winners will then be chosen at random from all correctly submitted entries with 12 correct answers. Winners will be notified by phone or mail on or about January 22, 2004. Odds of winning depend on the number of correct, eligible and legible entries received.

Prizes:
The first winner chosen will receive a Neumann BCM 104 microphone (approximate retail value $999). The second winner chosen will receive a Sonifex RB-MA-2 (approximate retail value $890). The third winner chosen will receive a LPB Silent Mic Boom and riser (approximate retail value $179). The total approximate retail value of all prizes is $2,068. Cash will not be awarded in lieu of prizes. Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable. Substitution of prizes will not be permitted except by Sponsors who reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if indicated prizes are not available.

Eligibility:
Sweepstakes open to all current subscribers of Radio magazine in the United States as of December 10, 2003 and excludes the employees and immediate family (spouses and parents, siblings, children and each of their spouses) of Sponsors, the prize manufacturers, their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies and any other company involved with the design, production, execution of the sweepstakes.

Timing:
Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 am on December 6, 2003 and ends at 12:01 pm on January 17, 2004.

Miscellaneous:
Winners release the Sponsors, the prize manufacturers and each of their parents, affiliates, officers, agents and employees from any responsibility or liability in connection with any loss, accident, or death incurred in connection with the use of or the installation of the prizes won in the Sweepstakes. The winners hereby consent to the use of his or her name and/or likeness by the Sponsors for advertising purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. The verified winners will be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Publicity/Liability Release. Any requested materials must be returned within ten (10) days of the date of notification. Failure to comply within any request in the allotted timeframe will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. Any tax liabilities are solely the responsibility of the winner. All federal, state, local, municipal and provincial laws and regulations apply.

By participating, entrants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these rules, and the decisions of the Judges, which are final. Sponsors do not make and are not responsible for any warranty (including fitness for particular purpose) or guarantee with regard to any prize or portion thereof.

To obtain the name of the prize winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope after January 25, 2004 to �Mic Sweepstakes Winner,� Radio magazine Microphone Sweepstakes, Primedia Business Magazines & Media Inc., 9800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212.

Other Terms and Conditions:
Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. The Sponsors are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor or congestion on the Internet or at any website, any combination thereof or otherwise, including any injury or damage to entrants or any other person�s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes.