Everyone is cashing in on Taylor Swift's November concert appearances in Toronto, with many local radio stations giving away tickets, including 680 News Radio and NewsTalk 1010. 

It's the latter's contest that has me slightly baffled. According to the rules I heard, to enter the "13 Days of Taylor Swift," you have to download the iHeart Radio app and then listen to CFRB for at least 13 minutes in a row. 

I'm not a huge expert on these kinds of apps, but how in the world would they possibly know if you listened for 13 minutes straight or not? You could just leave the thing running and leave the room or put it on for 13 secs. and then kill it afterwards. I'm not quite clear on how they'll know you actually did what they want. 

I understand the value of the ducats, but I also find it a bit odd that neither 680 or 1010 are exactly in Swift's demo. Yet they both seem to be really playing this up. It's admittedly a big deal for the city, but why would an all news and an all talk station be at the centre of such a hot ticket giveaway?