Re: Oldies, contest?

["Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>]

Dave Faneuf wrote:
> It's my understanding that WODS will be making announcement twice an
hour
> during the contest hours saying that the contest is national.  Are the
> other CBS/Westinghouse/Infinit/ARS et al stations running the contest
as
> well?

Oldies 103.3 states their contest is open to
> ...all WODS listeners who are 18 years of age or older and who reside
> in the greater Boston area...

What, specifically, is "Greater Boston?"  Does that include North Shore?
Merrimack Valley?  Southern NH?  If not, there's potential for
disgruntled
listeners who call and are told they're ineligible.

Also, it's open to:
> as well as to listeners of other participating stations around the
country
> who will have similar age and residence restrictions."

Oldies 103.3 notes the following are ineligible to "participate" or win:
>Employees of Infinity, their affiliated advertising agencies,
participating
>sponsors/promotional partners, other radio stations in the metropolitan
>areas of the participating stations and members of their immediate
families...

I don't remember any station restricting employees of a competing
station
from winning before.  Is that legal?  On what grounds?

A question:  If Larry Pondering of Lower East Sandusky wins, will 103.3
broadcast it and make a big deal out of that?  If they don't, listeners
will
wonder who won.  If they do, then listeners can figure out pretty
quickly
that their chances of winning are virtually nil.  Or are they going to
take
the "weasel" route and announce the winner's name and conveniently
forget to announce what city/state they reside in?
One thing's for sure.  When they ask Larry what his favorite oldies
station
is, he probably won't say "Oldies 103.3."