RE: Oldies, contest?

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

I know that WEEI limits its contest winners to Massachusetts and New
Hampshire Residents!

Sorry, Tennessee!

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Dan
> Billings
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:39 PM
> To: Roger Kirk
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Oldies, contest?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>
> To: "Dave Faneuf" <tklaundry@juno.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Oldies, contest?
>
>
> > 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.
>
> The generic rules for all contests that Saga uses for all its Portland
> stations includes a similar prohibition, and has for years.
>
> > Is that legal?  On what grounds?
>
> You're asking the wrong question.  A better question is: Why
> wouldn't it be
> legal?  A private company can make any rules that they would like for a
> contest, unless there is a law that limits their ability to make
> such rules.
> I can't think of any law that would prohibit a company from keeping their
> competitors from participating in a contest.  It seems like a pretty
> reasonable restriction to me.
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
>