Off to the Derby Contest Rules


Beginning at 5:00pm on April 10, 2015 through 11:59PM on April 23, 2015, you can attempt win 4 general admission tickets for the Kentucky Derby taking place May 2 at Churchill Downs. Tickets valued at $55 each for a total prize $220. The contest is open to those who hold a valid article of state identification and are 18 years of age or older.

To attempt to win, one must text the word ‘derby’ to 77000. A random drawing will be conducted by station personnel on April 24 to determine the winner. Tickets must be claimed at our studios no later than 5pm on Friday, May 1.  Complete WVVR contest rules apply and are available at www.beaver1003.com.

WVVR contests are open to those 18 or older have not won anything on WVVR 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.

Employees of WVVR, SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF TUCKESSEE, 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 WVVR 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.

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