rawkgurl wrote:

This isn't new. Bell's Move brand and Bounce brand constantly do this. Also, other Corus stations are most likely taking qualifiers for the same contest. 

They sure are!

You're right - it's not just Toronto. Turns out this contest is also underway at Corus' Rock 101 in Vancouver, Chuck 92.5 FM in Edmonton, CHQR in Calgary, Power 97 in Winnipeg, FM96 in London, Dave FM in Kitchener, Boom 99.7 in Ottawa, Boom 101.9 in Cornwall, Y108 in Burlington, The Wolf in Peterborough, Big 96.3 in Kingston and Big 101 in Barrie.

And I'm not even sure that's all of them! If they're going to run this contest, they should at least tell people they're competing for a winner with listeners across part of Canada. It certainly lowers the odds that they'll win. 

Saul wrote:

Anyone familiar with the laws?

As long as it's disclosed in the rules, it's fine.

RadioAaron wrote:

Saul wrote:

Anyone familiar with the laws?

As long as it's disclosed in the rules, it's fine.

The rules are posted. It seems pretty clear this is a Corus contest. Nice prize and just enough time to get a glimpse of the city and have a few pints...

My point is that they should make it clear on air that this isn't just a local contest. They seem to go out of their way to avoid doing that. Right or wrong, to me it changes the perception of your chances of winning. 

I checked the rules and they're pretty clear - if not always easy to find. 

"On or about July 29, 2024 in Toronto, one (1) entrant will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Each entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1) Prize. The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by Corus."

So there's only one top prize, worth about $6,000, not one for each market. Which is pretty much what was expected.

There are also 18 secondary winners who get an "AC/DC 50 - Limited Edition Gold Coloured Vinyl Set." It's worth an estimated $750. 

There's one other thing that's always, always annoyed me and it has nothing to do with Corus. It's this technicality that applies to almost any huge prize anyone wins in Canada:

"Before being declared a Winner, each selected entrant shall be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail to comply with the Contest Rules."

I don't know of any other country that insists on this "skill-testing question" nonsense. Can't you just win something without somehow having to "earn" it? Why do Canadians have to jump through this hoop just to claim a prize? It's almost as if we can't ever just be lucky.

And what happens, God forbid, if you're lousy at math and nervous and somehow get the answer wrong? Then what becomes of your Dublin trip? Does it go to someone else or does it just vanish into thin air?

This rule, which isn't from the company but seems to apply to any major contest in Canada where the prize is worth over a certain amount, has never made any sense to me. I wish they'd finally scrap it already.

I've been to Dublin a couple of times and really enjoyed it ... and other parts of Ireland too.
The winner of the contest would be much better off ditching the concert with a bunch of washed up old men and spend all their time in Dublin or surroundings.
I'm assuming they don't force you to go to the concert.
 

They wouldn't and they don't of course. Nor would I really expect them to. But it might be nice to know that this contest has a lot wider field than it first appears. I might buy a lottery ticket if I thought I had a one in say, 300,000 chance of winning. If the odds are millions-to-1, I'm saving my money. 

(Actually, I never buy lottery tickets because my luck is all bad. But it's the principle of the thing.)

My attitude is why enter a contest you have virtually no chance of winning, against all odds? So it doesn't matter if it costs anything. The effort of waiting for the trivia question, going to the site and filling in all that info over and over again is just not worth my time. Others may feel differently and I wish them luck. 

They're going to need it. 

As noted, there is only one grand prize. There are 18 runner-up prizes of a gold-covered vinyl album worth about $750.

I believe the runner-up prize is a collection of their albums on gold coloured-vinyl (in honour of their *gasp* 50th anniversary as an act). I suppose you could hang them in the rec room...but they can be played also.

Last edited by Binson Echorec (July 9, 2024 3:27 pm)

ckg927 wrote:

Stations in Buffalo have offered these types of trips, and they do mention that they are national contests.

The US actually has stronger media regulations for a few things.

The Virgin contest is national.

Bell did Breakfast in Barbados on a national scale one year, but each station had its own qualifiers and winners.

This seemingly endless contest has finally ended and for the first time, I heard them refer to it as "national." Turns out the winner, though, is local - a guy from Brampton. I wonder how the entrants and listeners from other Corus stations across the country who weren't aware of its scope feel about a Toronto-area resident taking the big prize. 

Greg Brady had the winner on the air with him on Tuesday, but pointedly never said if the lucky contestant entered it by listening to 640 - or Q107. My guess is probably the latter.