Grand in your hand Contest rules 2023


From 4/24/23 through 6/16/23, listen each weekday from 6:00am to 6:00pm for the Grand in your hand contest keyword. There will be a different keyword announced each day; each keyword may be announced more than once per day. Once you hear the keyword, go to

to the Grand In your Hand  contest page. Complete a registration, including the correct contest keyword, for the chance to win $1,000 (ARV: $1,000 – Face value of check). You must complete the registration by 11:59 pm that day to be eligible to win that day only. There will be no keyword announced on Memorial Day, 5/29/23. One entry per person, per keyword, per day. By entering each day of the contest, it will increase the chances of winning. One winner per keyword will be randomly chosen from all eligible entrants on the following business day (4/25/23 through 6/19/23) and notified by phone and email. Each winner will be awarded $1,000. The phone number from the chosen entry will be called and the reaction recorded for broadcast.  If the chosen entrant is notified by voicemail or other answering device, he or she will have 24 hours from the date we call to respond by calling the number given on the message.   If the chosen entrant does not contact us back within the time limit, he or she will be disqualified, and another winner will be chosen from all eligible entrants.  This process will continue until a winner is identified.  There will be 39 winners, for a total of $39,000 given away.

(WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) will conduct this contest concurrently and simultaneously with other affiliated radio stations, and in various states.  Listeners of (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) will, therefore, be competing with listeners of other radio stations to win the same prize.  No purchase necessary. In the case of any query or discrepancy, the winner will ultimately be decided at the sole discretion of Saga Communications, Inc.

(WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) contests are open to all eligible New York State and Pennsylvania State  Residents who live or work within 75 miles of our transmitter 18 or older who have not won anything on (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3)) in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.

One entry per person, per keyword, per day. By entering each day of the contest, it will increase the chances of winning. Submitting more than one entry per person, per keyword, per day will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize.  Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participant’s entries, and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.

Employees of (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) (Cayuga Radio Group) and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications, Inc., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one-hundred-mile radius of the (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) main studio are not eligible to win any contest.  Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.

No purchase necessary. (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3)’s Sole responsibility will be to award the prize. (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) will have no further responsibility in connection with the prize if the prize winner, for any reason, cannot or decides not to use any of the prizes. Winners will be responsible for all federal and state taxes, and any fees and incidentals. Prizes are not transferrable or redeemable for cash.

Full contest rules available at (WIII,WYXL, WYXL-HD2, WQNY-HD3,WFIZ-HD2, WNYY WYXL-HD3) studios located at 1751 Hanshaw RD Ithaca NY 14850 between the hours of 9am and 5pm; or by logging onto:

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