It’s Tailgate Time! Football season is back and we want to help with food at your next tailgate! Enter online below for the chance to win a $50 gift card to Bojangles!

Contest Rules:

“It’s Tailgate Time” Online Contest

-During the contest window, you may register online at espnharrisonburg.com for the chance to win a $50 gift card to Bojangles.
– Contest window is Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 6am through Sunday December 7, 2025 at 11:59pm
-One winner will be chosen via a random Aptivada drawing each Wednesday during the contest window no later than 12pm. First drawing date will take place Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
-All entries will be added to the entries from WSVA and will be competing for the same prize.
-There will be a total of (14) winners during the contest.
– Prize consists of a gift card to Bojangles valued at $50.

– Prize will need to be picked up at the WHBG studio at 1820 Heritage Center Way, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 during business hours 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, within 24 hours of WHBG receiving the Prize from the client.
-You may enter this contest once per week during the contest window. You can only win once during the contest window. WHBG reserves the right to disqualify any entry/caller at its sole discretion. No purchase is necessary to win. Prize is not transferrable nor redeemable for cash. WHBG’s sole responsibility will be to award the prize and will have no liability if the winner cannot, or chooses, not to collect the prize.

-Employees of WHBG Harrisonburg Media Group, Tidewater Communications LLC, 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 100-mile radius of the WHBG 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.

-This WHBG contest is open to all eligible Central Virginia residents 18 or older who have not won anything from WHBG or any other Harrisonburg Media Group station in the past 30 days, or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past six 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. All winners are responsible for any applicable State, Local, Federal Taxes.

-Complete rules are available at the WHBG studios, or online at www.espnharrisonburg.com

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1. No purchase is necessary to enter any ESPN Harrisonburg contest.
2. To be eligible to win any prize on ESPN Harrisonburg you must not have won anything on ESPN Harrisonburg 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.
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4. As a winner of a ESPN Harrisonburg contest your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes without any compensation to you.
5. Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
6. All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the ESPN Harrisonburg studios prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
7. In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), ESPN Harrisonburg’s delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as (ESPN Harrisonburg) awarding the prize to the winner. ESPN Harrisonburg shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. ESPN Harrisonburg shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
8. All ESPN Harrisonburg contests are open to all eligible residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified) living within 75 miles of station transmitter(s). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to ESPN Harrisonburg that will be presented to ESPN Harrisonburg and accepted before the prize is awarded. Employees of ESPN Harrisonburg, it's 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 ESPN Harrisonburg 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 their spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.
9. Winners will be expected to claim prize at the ESPN Harrisonburg studios, , between 12:00pm – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.
10. Where the prize(s) consists of paper tickets (“will-call tickets”) the winner will be directed to go to a specified address and retrieve the will-call tickets, and, by entering the contest, the contestant agrees to pick up will-call tickets and sign and deliver to ESPN Harrisonburg a waiver form as directed. Where the prize(s) consists of electronic (digital) concert or event tickets (“e-tickets”), the winner will receive an email from ESPN Harrisonburg with a hyperlink to an electronic waiver form that the winner must sign and return to the ESPN Harrisonburg before the prize will be transferred to the winner. The e-tickets will be transferred to the winner by ESPN Harrisonburg or, in some cases, by a third party (for example, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.) and the winner must check his or her email account for an email or cellular mobile number for a text message from the ticket provider in order to download the e-tickets. Where e-tickets are a prize, as a condition of entering the contest, redeeming and using e-tickets requires the winner (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to log into an existing user account or sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including, at a minimum, the winner's first name, last name, valid email address and telephone number. E-tickets awarded as a prize in such contests cannot be redeemed or used by any means other than the designated third-party mobile ticketing app for the e-tickets. Individuals who do not have a valid email address, access to an app-enabled mobile device and/or do not comply with these requirements will not be able to redeem or use e-tickets should they be selected and verified as a winner, will not receive a substitute prize, and should not enter contests where e-tickets are the prize.
11. ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if any contest rules are violated in any way.
12. ESPN Harrisonburg assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. ESPN Harrisonburg, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each are absolved and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
13. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of ESPN Harrisonburg management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
14. ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. ESPN Harrisonburg's decision is always final. In the event any one of the general contest rules which govern all ESPN Harrisonburg contests contradict with any specific contest term, the specific contest term will control.
15. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: . . The person processing inbound calls and/or texts at ESPN Harrisonburg has the final decision as to who is the winning entrant.
16. ESPN Harrisonburg shall have no responsibility for contestant’s inability or failure to participate, failure to win or claim any prize based on malfunction or difficulties with telephone, cell phone, texting, email, mobile applications, internet access, or any other circumstances in any contest beyond ESPN Harrisonburg’s control.
17. For any contest involving on-line voting: If an entrant receives irregular votes, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated means, ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion and/or use another means to determine the winner(s), ex. – random selection or appointing a panel of judges.
18. For any contests involving tickets to live performances or events, winners will need to follow all health and public safety guidelines and protocols put in place by the concert organizer.
19. ESPN Harrisonburg is not responsible for any event cancellations or reschedules.
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    • other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or network

    Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this contest or website, or act in violation of the official service, as solely determined by the station, will be disqualified. Neither sponsor nor promotion parties are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this contest, and assume no responsibility for any errors, omissions, deletions, interruptions or delays in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access.

    ESPN Harrisonburg is not responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this contest. Should any portion of contest be, in ESPN Harrisonburg’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention (i.e., hackers) or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the station, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this contest, or contest plays, ESPN Harrisonburg reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the contest.

21. ESPN Harrisonburg has not made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on prize (if any) are provided only by the manufacturer, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty and/or guarantee.
22. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on espnharrisonburg.com:
    1. All appropriate information in required fields must be entered correctly and completely or you will be disqualified.
    2. To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of ESPN Harrisonburg as defined at the exclusive discretion of ESPN Harrisonburg management.
    3. Any problems with the internet or email are not ESPN Harrisonburg’s responsibility.
    4. Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
    5. Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests may not be heard at all on ESPN Harrisonburg. Contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream may be slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station, and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard on the internet are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more. This means that when ESPN Harrisonburg contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.
23. A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the ESPN Harrisonburg studios

Updated March 6, 2023