Vampire Weekend Text Contest

WKQX-FM’s “Vampire Weekend Text” Contest
Official Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station WKQX-FM (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies, 455 N. CityFront Plaza Chicago, IL 60611, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Vampire Weekend Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:

 

  1. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chance of winning.   Void where prohibited.  All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
  2. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number and who reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 daysVoid where prohibited by law.  Employees of Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s DMA, and the immediate family members and household members of all such employees are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren.  The term “household members” refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Station’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
  3. Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 12:26 pm CT on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and will run until 11:59 am CT on Friday, June 14, 2019 (the “Contest Period”).  The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
  4. How to Enter. To enter:
  • Text: Send a text message with the keyword BRIDE to 312-101 during the Contest Period.  All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Friday, June 14, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.  Standard text messaging rates, as established by an individual’s wireless carrier, may apply, and Station assumes no responsibility for any fees or charges incurred for and associated with any text message sent to or from Station.  Any and all fees arising out of the transmission of a text message shall be the sole responsibility of the entrant.  Limit one (1) entry per person per phone number. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same telephone number. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different telephone phone numbers, identities, or any other methods will void that participant from further participation in the Sweepstakes.
  • Online: Send an e-mail with the title Vampire Weekend during the Contest Period, to [email protected] containing your Legal Name, Phone Number, Date of Birth, and Address in the body of the e-mail.  All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Friday, June 14, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address.  Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry per day by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Station is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected registrations, all of which will be disqualified.  In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.  Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Station and will not be returned.  Station reserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose email address is submitted as part of this promotion.  No mail-in entries will be accepted.
  1. Winner Selection. At approximately 1:00 pm CT on Friday, June 14, 2019, Station will select one (1) entry for the Grand Prize in a random drawing from among all valid entries received by Station during the Contest Period. The winning entrant will be contacted using the email address and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules).  Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within three (3) days of notification will result in disqualification.
  2. Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner may be notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize, if applicable.  A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will be deemed to have accepted the contest prize and thereafter will not be permitted to rescind their acceptance of the prize and/or return the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.    
  3. Grand Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in this Contest.  The Grand Prize is two (2) tickets to Vampire Weekend at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Sunday, June 16, 2019. ARV: Ninety Dollars ($90). Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use.  Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time.

There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash.  The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards.  Other restrictions may apply.

 

  1. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media Inc., and its subsidiaries, related and affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the prize.
  2. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to use by the Station and its agent of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
  3. All state, local, federal and/or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
  4. General Conditions. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
  5. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Station, entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other error causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
  6. Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Station’s listening area; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Station in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Station is located.
  7. Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained therein, shall become the sole property of Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion.  Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Station’s website.
  8. Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station identified below.

 

 

CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX-FM, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611.

Live Nation Entertainment, 111 E. Upper Wacker Dr. #1400, Chicago, IL 60601

 

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Kicker Arenacross Text Contest

WKQX-FM’s “Kicker ArenacrossText” Contest
Official Rules

A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station WKQX-FM (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies, 455 N. CityFront Plaza Chicago, IL 60611, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Kicker Arenacross Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:

 

  1. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chance of winning.   Void where prohibited.  All federal, state, and local regulations apply.
  2. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number and who reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 daysVoid where prohibited by law.  Employees of Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s DMA, and the immediate family members and household members of all such employees are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren.  The term “household members” refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Station’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
  3. Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 11:11 am CT on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 and will run until 11:59 am CT on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (the “Contest Period”).  The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
  4. How to Enter. To enter:
  • Text: Send a text message with the keyword JUMP to 312-101 during the Contest Period.  All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.  Standard text messaging rates, as established by an individual’s wireless carrier, may apply, and Station assumes no responsibility for any fees or charges incurred for and associated with any text message sent to or from Station.  Any and all fees arising out of the transmission of a text message shall be the sole responsibility of the entrant.  Limit one (1) entry per person per phone number. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same telephone number. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different telephone phone numbers, identities, or any other methods will void that participant from further participation in the Sweepstakes.
  • Online: Send an e-mail with the title Kicker Arenacross during the Contest Period, to [email protected] containing your Legal Name, Phone Number, Date of Birth, and Address in the body of the e-mail.  All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address.  Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry per day by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Station is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected registrations, all of which will be disqualified.  In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.  Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Station and will not be returned.  Station reserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose email address is submitted as part of this promotion.  No mail-in entries will be accepted.
  1. Winner Selection. At approximately 1:00 pm CT on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, Station will select one (1) entry for the Grand Prize in a random drawing from among all valid entries received by Station during the Contest Period. The winning entrant will be contacted using the email address and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules).  Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within three (3) days of notification will result in disqualification.
  2. Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner may be notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize, if applicable.  A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will be deemed to have accepted the contest prize and thereafter will not be permitted to rescind their acceptance of the prize and/or return the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.    
  3. Grand Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in this Contest.  The Grand Prize is four (4) tickets to Kicker Arenacross at Sears Centre Arena on Friday, February 15, 2019 or Saturday, February 16, 2019. ARV: One Hundred Thirty Two Dollars ($132). Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use.  Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time.

There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash.  The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards.  Other restrictions may apply.

 

  1. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media Inc., and its subsidiaries, related and affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the prize.
  2. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to use by the Station and its agent of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
  3. All state, local, federal and/or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
  4. General Conditions. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
  5. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Station, entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other error causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
  6. Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Station’s listening area; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Station in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Station is located.
  7. Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained therein, shall become the sole property of Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion.  Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Station’s website.
  8. Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station identified below.

 

 

CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX-FM, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611.

Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

 

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Goose Island calls dibs on settling age-old Chicago debate with new Dibs beer

Chicago has always been stuck in this great debate when the winter time comes, pro dibs verses anti dibs.

Well, Goose Island is allowing you to speak your opinion on the debate during their release party of their, Great Dibs Debate Series.

Happening Saturday, February 2nd from 12 – 4 pm.

Make your stance known by ordering either a Pro Dibs or Anti Dibs.
Plus you can take part in their forum to express your stance even further. They’ll have two podiums where you can make your case for or against dibs, and if you sway their moderator you get some free stuff! (Also there might be some potential mayoral candidates at the event.)

The beer is a Porter, ‘Perfect after shoveling out from a snowstorm or sitting by the fire.’

 

So what are you, Pro Dibs or Anti Dibs?

Special thanks for Mike and Anne from Goose Island for bringing in some beer and talking about the event!

 

Green Day ‘Dookie’ turns 25

Alternative icons Green Day released their breakthrough album ‘Dookie’ on Febuary 1, 1994. It would go on to become one of the most generation-defining albums of the 90’s, along with Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind.’ It inspired millions and sold over 20 million copies in the process. It gave the San Francisco trio of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool one of the biggest followings in rock music.

101WKQX was blessed to have a press conference in the Lounge with the band before they played Wrigley Field a few years ago.

Listen to the classic album here:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’s Karen O delivers dark cover of Smashing Pumpkins (Stream Here)

Not busy with dance punk titans Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O has been busy lending her mood-enducing voice to music for an upcoming Amazon Prime series called ‘Hanna’. That project produced this unique cover of the Smashing Pumpkins hit ‘Bullet With Buttefly Wings’. This take is different from original as it takes it’s time to get the biting lyrics of chorus with a new wave styled verse and simplistic synth line carrying the whole track.

Hanna comes out on Prime on March.

Pumpkins approved the cover on Twitter.

Here is our very memorable session in the Lounge with the Smashing Pumpkins from last year.

‘Natty Light’ wants to help pay those dreaded student loans

Natural Light beer understands that you have debts to pay, especially student loans.

So as a way to help those just starting out with loans, or those who have some still weighing them down, they want to PAY them for you. As a way to give back since Natural Light, also known as Natty Light, was the beer of choice during the college years because they were so cheap. Now for the second year in a row their offering a million dollars for people who want help paying off their student loans.

That is if you win their contest.

You must be 21 to enter and must have a natty beer with a green tab or print it out of the tab.

But you just have to tell you #NattyStories, on why you went to college.

Contest rules say anyone who had been enrolled in college within the last 10 years may enter.

“Epic stories. We all have them. And more often than not, wherever there’s an epic story, there’s Natty along for the ride. That’s because even the best times are just better with Natty. So grab some Natty, call your buddies, your buddies’ buddies, even the people in your phone who you don’t remember and go make those epic stories happen.”

-Natural Light

What’s your story?

 

The KQX Morning Crew with Brian, Ali, and Justin. 

“Text Your Boyfriend ‘I Want A Baby’” Challenge

Kelly, aka @kelllicopter on Twitter, posted a tweet that got people asking their significant other ‘I want a baby.’


She started it off by posting her own boyfriend’s response to the question.

And like any typical Twitter fashion, people did not disappoint. The responses varied from loving to comical, you can check out the full thread on Twitter but we compiled some we thought were the best.

How do you think your significant other would respond?

The KQX Morning Crew with Brian, Ali, and Justin.

A toilet for your dog!

Inubox is the world’s first fully automated dog toilet.  This thing catches what your dog leaves behind, bags it, gives the guy a treat and even sprays air freshener!

Check out their kickstarter HERE.

Would have come in handy YESTERDAY when my boy Simon didn’t want to come inside with a NEGATIVE 50 DEGREE WINDCHILL…

He’s lucky he’s cute.

<3 Lauren

 

Justin’s ‘not so secret’ Jalapeno Popper Recipe

You asked for it, so here is Justin’s family recipe for your Super Bowl Sunday. He’s spilling all his families secrets.

Justin’s Secret Jalapeno Popper Recipe

  • Cut and clean 25 Jalapenos in half and place on cookie sheet covered in foil.
  • Mix 2 containers of Philadelphia cream cheese with Tony’s Creole Seasoning…Season to taste.
  • Stuff/fill jalapenos with cream cheese and tony’s mixture.
  • Cut thick bacon big enough to cover entire jalapeno.
  • Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon on each jalepeno..sugar to taste. I use a lot.
  • Put a tray of jalapenos fully dressed in a smoker for 30ish minutes or until jalapenos are almost soft.
  • Take them out of the smoker and finish in the oven at 350  degrees until the jalapenos are to the texture you prefer.

(If you do not have a smoker you can use liquid smoke but be careful how much you use. If you go this route with the liquid smoke mix it in the cream cheese and Tony’s. Again, a little bit goes a long way.)

Enjoy!

The KQX Morning Crew with Brian, Ali, and Justin. 

Man held “death party’ for his sick wife.

A man in Minnesota is accused of throwing a meth-fueled “death party” as a way to ‘help’ his ailing wife.

58-year-old Duane Arden Johnson is facing charges of criminal neglect, theft, and recieving stolen property. He’s being held at Brown County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

But why did he do it?

His wife, 69-year-old Debra Lynn Johson, was sick and he did not get his wife medical help because she did not want to die in a nursing home.

Responding authorities reported how they found the phrase “Death Parde God Hell” spray-painted on the front door, along with a naked Duane Johnson and several guns with hundreds of round of ammunition. Duane came out yelling how his wife was dead before running back inside where they found him in a bathtub trying to wash little white and black things from his body.

Debra had passed away that morning but he waited to call 911 to make sure she was dead. He told authorities that his wife begged him to take her home to die, so he and his wife had a ‘death party’. They rocked out to Quiet Riot’s “Metal Health,” took methamphetamines and had sex.

When she passed he said how he washed her and wrapped her in linen’s ‘like the Bible told me to do.”

Now back to the guns, it didn’t have anything to do with his dying wife but he did tell investigators how he had 47 guns total, many which were stolen.

Sweet that he wanted to make her last days the best day’s, let’s hope they both spent their last time together happy.

Anonymous man paid the hotel tab for some of Chicago’s homeless.

As Chicago’s temperatures sunk down into a record-breaking low, many of Chicago’s homeless were still out fighting to stay warm.

70 people had set up tents in a makeshift camp on Roosevelt Road, near the Dan Ryan Expressway. Where they used donated propane tanks to keep themselves warm.

This took a turn when one of the 100 donated tanks ended up exploding.

The Chicago Fire Department responded to the fire, and thankfully no one was injured. ” When we got there, the fire was extinguished and they found all the propane cylinders. That’s when we escalated it to a Level 1 Hazmat.” said Cheif Walter Schroeder.

Salvation Army spokeswoman Jacquline Rachev was called by the city to made preparations to move the makeshift camp into the Salvation Arm warming center.

But about an hour later the city called them again to stop making the preparations, as someone paid for them to stay at a South Side hotel for the rest of the week.

It’s unclear who was responsible for this act of kindness, as they choose to remain nameless, but it has caused others to share and help those in need.

A Reddit user wanted to help the homeless and shared a post offering to cover a night at a hotel. Saying, “I know it’s not much but at least it’ll let you sleep in a warm bed and take a warm shower.”

It’s unclear which hotel they are staying at but it’s said to be on the South Side.

As it still remains cold make sure to check on those who may need help. <3

 

The KQX Morning Crew with Brian, Ali, and Justin. 

Queued Up #316 Playlist – 1.27.19

#316  1.27.19

Hour 1

  1. The Interrupters – Gave You Everything
  2. Matt Maeson – Cringe
  3. Bring Me The Horizon – Mother Tongue
  4. Simple Creatures – Drug
  5. Coin – I Want It All
  6. The Cranberries – All Over Now
  7. Bear Hands – Blue Lips
  8. Half Alive – Still Feel
  9. Foals – Exits
  10. Band of Skulls – Cool Your Battles
  11. Shaed – Trampoline (Queued Up Artist Showcase 2/24)
  12. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Choke
  13. Liily – Toro
  14. LSD – Genius – Lil Wayne remix
  15. The Revivalists – Change

Hour 2

  1. Metric – Risk
  2. Oliver Tree – Hurt
  3. American Football – Uncomfortably Numb feat. Haley Williams
  4. Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall

Top 5 Alt Songs to escape Chicago winter chills

As we literally survive being in a frozen tundra with record low temps and we keep googling whether or not we have frost bite, it’s easy to let our collective minds imagine another place, a sunnier warmer place. So here are alter native songs that inspire us to endure the winter for the summer.

You can continue the escape on 101WKQX with our stream through our app, TuneIn, and at home on your Alexa smart speaker. Just say “ENABLE THE 101WKQX SKILL” and boom we are with you while you ‘work from home’. 

  1. Rise Against “Swing Life Away”

Yeah, this one fits just right. Tim McIllrath of Chicago’s very own Rise Against wrote this love letter of a song to the his younger years in punk house during sweaty summers near the beach on the Northside. When you can’t hang out on your porch that is when you dream about hanging out on your porch? Here is a special version performed in out Lounge.

2. Weezer – “Island In the Sun”

Well this is easy right? Weezer really got toes-a-tapping with this dreamy tune of finding that special place which is likely not outside anywhere in Chicago during this weather right now. Imagine it, the at spot right by Adler Planetarium where you can see the entire sky line but it’s July.

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Tell Me Baby” 

Now the obvious inclination with this list would be to go with one of the MANY RHCP songs that mention the warm bliss of California, but this song from ‘Stadium Arcadium’ is about the idea of California: chasing the dream in the hot sun in the city of stars. And you are rubbing your hands together constantly, you

3. Foster the People ‘Worst Nites’

A funky dance track? What are you trying to pull here? This fresh track you have heard on 101WKQX recently from LA alt boogie boys Foster the People expresses the stress and anxiety of being in a big city and finding positive energy in all the hustle and bustle. Plus this video is one of the best I have seen in ages.

4. The Flaming Lips ‘it’s Summertime’

For decades psychedelic dapper dudes the Flaming Lips have always been able to paint a picture. The picture here is clear an introspective moment with butter flys flapping, crickets in the air, and breezy air. Ah, mellow vibes when you hear Wayne Coyne sing “look outside, i know you will recognize it’s summertime”.

5. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’

Today it’s warmer on the planet Mars, than it is in Chicago. Don’t believe me, read this. That flew my escapist mind into the hits of the godfather of alternative rock, David Bowie. According the mind hive Genius, this song tells the tale of a young girl who wants to go the movies, but her parents are against it. There is probably a lot of things we all want to do (go on a date, get a haircut, go to the movies, etc) but this weather is inhibited our lives in this direct way. So what’s life like on the other side of all this?

As if the cold wasn’t enough … Get ready for ICE QUAKES!

If you have been hearing loud BOOMS in the Chicagoland area it may an “ICE QUAKE”!

According to Smithsonian.com,  “Water expands when it freezes and when it expands in frozen soil it literally puts a lot of stress on that dirt and will release that energy all of a sudden, very much like an earthquake releases that energy and shifts the ground,”

BOOOOOM!

(WGNTV)

 

 

 

Do your chicken nuggets bounce? They may be part of a recall.

Tyson Foods is recalling more than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets over possible rubber contamination. Some consumers have reported finding bits of soft blue plastic or rubber in the nuggets.

The recall applies to five-pound bags of Tyson White Meat Panko Chicken Nuggets with a ‘best if used by’ date of Nov. 26, 2019.
The product can be returned to the point of purchase for a refund.

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How many wings will we devour on Sunday?

The “big game” is nearly here, which means Americans will be loading up on chicken wings.

In fact, the National Chicken Council says Americans will consume about 1.3 BILLION wings this Sunday. Many restaurants and bars say the takeout orders are already coming in.

Pizza is also a popular choice, with Pizza Hut planning on selling about 2 million pizzas on Sunday.

And food isn’t the only thing football fans are spending money on – millions will be buying a brand new TV just for the big game.

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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says new album will be “completely weird”

 

Blink-182 has left Chicago with a collective pop-punk bated breathe. Due to a persistent health issue with drummer Travis Barker following a car accident, the iconic band pulled out of last year’s Riot Fest last yearand other festival dates in the midwest as they closed out the touring cycle for their latest album ‘California’. So when are we going to get this new Blink music and what might it sound like?

“After playing in this band for 27 years, I want to push it and do different things and take blink to places where we haven’t been before,” Hoppus explained to Kerrang. “We’re really trying to do that on the new record. We want to do with our band what we did in 2003 with Untitled, where we take our foundations and go off in completely weird directions.”

So the guys are in similar place to where they were with their 2003 ‘Blink 182’ album? Oh this should be good, as that was one of the band’s most progressive albums.

Meanwhile, current Blink member Matt Skiba has been busy with his other band, you know, one of the best bands out of Chicago, Alkaline Trio. They just wrapped a 4-night run of sold-out shows at the Metro and delivered one of our most memorable sessions in the Lounge. Watch it below, where Skiba revealed the pace of work on the new Blink album.

Baby’s first food?

Pizza Hut has announced that it will give a year of free pizza and Super Bowl LIV tickets to the first baby born after the kickoff in the upcoming face-off between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.

To win, parents with a baby born during the game simply need to post a photo on Twitter of their newest arrival (including exact time of birth) tagging @PizzaHut in the post and using the hashtags #PizzaHutSpecialDelivery and #promotion.  Hope the parents puree the kid’s pizza first!

More from Us Magazine HERE.

Pizza Hut Is Offering Free Pizza for a Year, Super Bowl LIV Tickets to First Baby Born After Kickoff

📷: courtesy of Pizza Hut, Inc.

“This Super Bowl Sunday, the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL is taking its commitment to overdeliver even further by celebrating families that are literally delivering during Super Bowl LIII – awarding the family with the first baby born during the game with free pizza for one year and a pair of tickets to Super LIV Bowl in 2020.” 

<3 Lauren

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