1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN.  ALL U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

2. HOW TO ENTER: Create your band’s entry package including, a CD of your band’s original music, a photo of the band, if available a video of your band performing (VHS, MiniDV, DVD or Youtube link accepted) and a filled out copy of the application found at 97xonline.com.  In order to participate and win you must provide all the requested information.  Drop off in person or mail your band’s entry package to: WSUN, Attn: NBT Local Band Search, 11300 4^th Street N. Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33716.  Band entry packages will be accepted Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5:30pm beginning 10/3/12 and running through 5:30pm on 10/19/12.

On or around October 23, 2012, eight bands will be chosen as finalists by the staff of 97X.  These eight bands will be contacted by email and/or phone and invited to participate.  If a band chosen cannot fulfill the following duties requested, another band will be chosen to replace them.

-Finalist band must be able to perform a 35-40 minute set on the Saturday night assigned to them by 97X.

-If chosen as a Grand Prize Finalist, must be able to perform at the time given to them by 97X at the 97X Next Big Thing, December 1, 2012.

On or around October 26, 2012, the NBT Local Band Search webpage will be launched at 97xonline.com.  The page will feature all eight bands and their bios, photos and will highlight the two bands that will performing each of the Saturdays at Jonny Reno’s between 9 and 11pm on the following Saturdays, November 3, November 10, November 17 and November 24, 2012.   On each of these Saturdays, two finalist bands will perform a 35-40 minute set. 

On-site voting will occur at each of the Saturday performances at Jonny Reno’s.  Attendees will be given one entry form upon entry to the venue.  Attendees will vote for the band they want to win by depositing their entry form in the appropriate band’s box at the 97X booth.  The total number of votes for both bands will be announced at the end of each Saturday’s event (on or around 11pm) After all the Saturday events, the band who received the most votes from their Saturday event will be declared the Grand Prize Finalist.    

The Grand Prize finalist band will play at 97X Next Big Thing on Saturday, December 1, 2012 in Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg, FL.  The time of their performance will be determined by 97X. 

3. ELIGIBILITY:  The “NBT Local Band Search” is open only to unsigned bands who reside in the following Florida counties: Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Hardee, Highlands, DeSoto, Sarasota, Charlotte. Employees of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Cox Radio, Inc., WSUN-FM, other radio stations, promotional sponsors, and all affiliated companies (and the immediate family members of all such employees, and all other with whom they are domiciled) are not eligible to participate in the contest or win prizes. The term, immediate families include spouses, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren.  Bands must be available to perform the duties outlined above.  All bands agree to have their name, voice and/or likenesses, songs used in any advertising or broadcasting material related to this contest without any compensation or rights to royalties for such use. All participants are required to be courteous and respectful toward other participating musicians. Participants who fail to respect other musicians' performances will be subject to disqualification.

4. PRIZES: The Grand Prize Finalist band will receive a spot in the lineup at the 97X Next Big Thing, December 1, 2012 at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg, Fl (ARV = $1)  The Grand Prize Finalist band will be announced on 11/26/2012 by noon. Winners will be determined by the number of votes received.  The Winners will be notified of prize via telephone.  The winner will be required to pick up their prizes at Cox Radio Tampa, located at 11300 4^th St. N, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. 

5. ODDS: The odds of being chosen as a finalist depend on the number of bands participating in the contest.  The odds of being chosen as Grand Prize Finalist band is 1:8.

6. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE: Grand Prize winner has 30 days to pick up prize from Cox Radio Studios, located at 11300 4^th St. N, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. The Winner may waive his or her right to receive a prize. Prizes are non-assignable and non-transferable. Prizes will not be mailed to the winner. No substitutions allowed, except that prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and WSUN-FM reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value.  The Winner is solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes.  As a condition of receiving the contest prize, the Winner will be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility, and a liability and publicity release, which must be signed at the time the winner, claims his/her prize at the WSUN-FM Business Office.  Failure of to sign the affidavit or release, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may, at the sole discretion of WSUN-FM, and Cox Radio, Inc., result in winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes the Winner's consent to the publication of his or her name and image in on-air promotional announcements and other promotional material from WSUN-FM, and Cox Radio, and on the Cox Radio Interactive Web sites, and to the inclusion of his or her name and image in any other related publications or Web sites for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation or additional compensation.  The Winner's list may be obtained by sending a request with self-addressed, stamped envelope to 11300 4^th St. N. Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 or they may viewed online on 97xonline.com.

7. PARTICIPATION:  Participation in the Contest constitutes an agreement by each contestant to comply with these Official Rules.  WSUN-FM, and Cox Radio, Inc. reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest if it determines, in its sole discretion, that fraud or technical failures have destroyed the integrity of the Contest.

8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:  By entering the Contest, contestant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will any contestant be permitted to obtain any award for, and contestant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and/or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

9. CONSTRUCTION:   All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the contestant and Cox Radio, Inc. in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Florida, or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

10. GENERAL RELEASE: By entering the Contest, contestants release WSUN-FM, Cox Radio, any other promotional sponsors, and each of their respective parents, affiliated companies, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any liability whatsoever for any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Contest or with the acceptance, possession, or use of any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light).

11. The “NBT Local Band Search” is sponsored by WSUN-FM, Cox Media Group, Inc., 11300 4^th St. N, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, whose decisions regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of Contest shall be final and binding in all respects.  WSUN-FM, and/or Cox Media Group, Inc., will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other Contest materials. If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact the Promotions and Marketing Department, WSUN-FM via email at 97xcomments@coxtampa.com or mail at the above listed address.