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E: 18/04 YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £1,000 WITH THE NEW SERIES OF RIVER HUNTERS



WE’RE GETTING READY TO WELCOME THE NEW SERIES OF RIVER HUNTERS, AND TO CELEBRATE, WE’RE GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN AN AMAZING £1,000!
This is the first time these rivers have been searched with an archaeological dig and you get to go up close and personal thanks to incredible drone and underwater footage. You’ll see both the trials and the triumphs of these fascinating digs while also gaining insight into the very personal toll it can take on the team as they seek to show us how our ancestors really lived.
Gary Bankhead features as resident expert, sharing his vast historical knowledge with viewers. In each episode, he is joined by local specialists, who help to paint a full picture of these captivating sites.
ENTER BELOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN £1,000, ALL THANKS TO RIVER HUNTERS!
The online competition is open from 31.03.21 at 00.01am and closes at 18.04.21 at 11.59pm.
The on air competition is open from 31.03.21 at 00.01am and closes at 09.04.21 at 11.00am.
River Hunters is on Sky HISTORY every Monday at...?
A. 8pm
B. 9pm
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS for “River Hunters Absolute Radio” (the “Competition”).
These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail.
1.Entry ROUTES and Costs
Entries are restricted to one per person.
Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes:
- THE ONLINE COMPETITION:
Online at https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/competitions/
- THE ON AIR COMPETITION:
Text 81215 with the correct answer as instructed during the Hometime show. Charges are 50p + your standard message rate
There are two ways to win this competition. Entrants can enter both competitions, however winning on air will invalidate your entry for the online competition.
- ENTER THE ONLINE COMPETITION:
- There will be one online winner.
- The winner will be chosen by electronic random draw from all those that correctly answered the question on the competition page.
- The draw will take place in the week commencing 19th April.
- THE ON AIR COMPETITION AND HOW TO WIN
2.1 REGISTRATION
- During the Hometime Show on Absolute Radio, Bush and Richie will play a sound clip that describes a local area,
b. You must text in the correct answer to register for your chance to win the prize.c. Registering to play the on-air game does not provide any guarantee that you will play the on-air game or win a prize.
2.2 SHORT-LISTING
a. The Absolute Radio producers will randomly draw a contestant from all the correct answers to come on air to claim their prize.
b. The Absolute Radio producers reserve the right to choose another contestant from the entrants if they are unable to contact you or if you do not fulfil these terms and conditions.
2.3 PLAYING THE ON-AIR GAME
a. The competition will air during the Absolute Radio Hometime Show (“the Show”) between 1600 and 1900, Tuesday to Friday between 06 April and 09 April 2021.
b. The contestant who correctly identifies the local area and is brought to air will win the prize.
c. All final decisions will rest with the Absolute Radio Production Team.
d. Refer to Section 3 for more information about the prizes and the competition.
e. The Absolute Radio Production Team reserve the right to pre-record any part of this competition with contestants before the 'as-live' broadcast. Contestants must therefore be available to record the on-air segment at a time and by the method instructed by the Absolute Radio Production Team.
2.4 HOW TO WIN
a. The contestant must correctly identify the local area, be brought to air to confirm their answer and to claim their prize.
b. The contestant will not win anything if they provide an incorrect answer, OR if they provide the correct answer but are not brought to air.
c. If the contestant wins a prize and it is subsequently discovered that they do not fulfil these specific terms and conditions, nor the general competitions terms and condition, they will be disqualified. General terms and conditions can be found here: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html
3. ENTRY PERIOD
Entries must be submitted during the following entry period:
- Online: From Wednesday 31th March at 00.01am (the “Start Time”) to Sunday 18th April at 11.59pm (“End Time”).
- On air: From Tuesday 6th April at 4.00pm (the “Start Time”) to Friday 9th April at 7.00pm (“End Time”).
Entries received before the Start Time or after the End Time for either entry route will be invalid.
4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS
- Open to UK residents aged 18 years or over on date of entry.
- Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter.
- If anyone has won a competition on any Bauer Media brand (see point below) to the value of £500 or more in the past 6 months, they or any person at the winning address will not be eligible to win the competition. Winning the on-air competition will trigger this condition for the online competition.
- The full list of Bauer Media brands can be found here: https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands
- We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner who does not comply with any of the eligibility criteria and/or is in breach of these Terms. We reserve the right to repeat the competition mechanic or any stage of it in order to draw a winner that fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.
5. THE PRIZE
The online winner will receive the following prize (the “Prize”):
- £1,000 cash (bank transfer)
Each of the five on air winners will receive the following prize (the “prize”):
- £1,000 cash (bank transfer)
Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and no alternative will be offered.
OTHER CONDITIONS
- DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see: http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the competition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.
- MISCELLANEOUS.
- Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.
- Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.
- You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.
- We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the competition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.
- Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the competition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.
- As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.
- We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control.
- We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.
- CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: win@bauermedia.co.uk. Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.
Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms.html for details of our registered office and company number.
This competition is also subject to additional terms and conditions available at https://absoluteradio.co.uk/legal/competitions/index.html
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Hello I am sorry.
Is it the same form for both online and on air comps. there is only 1 form.
I only want to enter the online one?
Thanks.
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I re-read it and you have to text for the on-air one.Thanks to all who post compsITV winners membersclub#25 -
This appears to have ended as it has disappeared from the website..4
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Hi, sorry i'm not able to find the comp, have looked in the win section but it's not there, thanks2
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It is now back up, https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/competitions/win/sponsored-riverhunters/
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Still cant see it??3
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martinsnest said:Still cant see it??
https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/competitions/
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