TERMS AND CONDITIONS for “HITS RADIO NETWORK / PARTNER STATIONS / COOL FM / DOWNTOWN RADIO – CAPITAL ONE” - Online Competition” (the “Competition”)
These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail.
1.ENTRY ROUTES AND COSTS
Entries are restricted to [one entry] per person.
Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes:
Enter online at:
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/downtown
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio-chilled/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio-pride/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio-90s/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio-00s/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/forth/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/tay/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/northsound/competitions
https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/mfr/competitions
https://www.nationplayer.com/
https://www.centralfm.co.uk/#
https://www.silk1069.com/
https://www.dee1063.com/
https://www.countryline.radio/
https://www.iwradio.co.uk/
https://www.kmfm.co.uk/win/
https://www.moreradio.online/
https://www.qradio.com/
https://www.radioexe.co.uk/win/
https://www.mansfield103.co.uk/
https://www.thevoicefm.co.uk/
https://www.radioessex.com/
Online entry is free of charge
Please note this competition is a shared prize and is running across the below radio stations:
Cool FM / Downtown Radio
Hits Radio Berkshire & North Hampshire / Hits Radio Birmingham / Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire / Hits Radio Bristol & The South West / Hits Radio Bucks, Beds & Herts / Hits Radio Cambridgeshire / Hits Radio Cornwall / Hits Radio Coventry & Warwickshire / Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland / Hits Radio Devon / Hits Radio Dorset / Hits Radio East Midlands / Hits Radio East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire / Hits Radio Essex / Hits Radio Gloucestershire / Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire / Hits Radio Kent / Hits Radio Lancashire & The North West / Hits Radio Lincolnshire & Newark / Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West / Hits Radio London / Hits Radio Manchester / Hits Radio Norfolk / Hits Radio North East / Hits Radio North Yorkshire / Hits Radio Northamptonshire / Hits Radio Oxfordshire / Hits Radio Peterborough / Hits Radio Plymouth / Hits Radio Scotland / Hits Radio South Coast
Hits Radio South Wales / Hits Radio South Yorkshire
Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire / Hits Radio Suffolk / Hits Radio Surrey & East Hampshire / Hits Radio Sussex / Hits Radio Swindon / Hits Radio Teesside / Hits Radio UK / Hits Radio West of England / Hits Radio West Yorkshire / Hits Radio 00’s / Hits Radio 90’s / Hits Radio Chilled / Hits Radio Pride
Clyde 1 / Forth 1 / Tay FM / Northsound 1 / MFR
Radio Pembrokeshire / Bridge FM / Central FM / Silk 1069 / Dee Radio / CountryLine Radio / IOW Radio / KMFM / More Radio / Nation Radio / Q Radio / Radio Carmarthenshire / Radio Exe / Radio Mansfield / Swansea Bay Radio / The Voice / Radio Essex
2.COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN
There will be 1 (one) winner in total of the Competition.
Entrants will need to go online to the website (as detailed in section 1. (Entry Routes and Costs).
In the box provided on the entry page, eligible entrants are those who answer the below question in more than 20 words and less than 200 words. The entry must also be suitable for broadcast and be in-line with the Broadcast Code.
“Tell us about One Good Thing that you have done today?”
All eligible entries will be pooled and 1 (one) winner will be selected by electric random draw.
Entrants will also need to provide full name, email and phone number. These details will only be used to contact in the event of the entrant winning the prize.
Due to Christmas and New Year holidays, the chosen winner will be contacted by Monday 5th January 2026.
If the chosen winner does not respond to any email or phone call communications within 28 days, we reserve the right to repeat the process in choosing another winner.
3. ENTRY PERIOD
Entries must be submitted during the following entry period:
From Tuesday 16/12/25 at 12:01 (the “Start Time”) to Wednesday 31/12/25 at 23:59 (the “End Time”).
Entries received before the “Start Time” or after the “End Time” will be invalid.
Winner Announcement: The winner’s first name and hometown will be made available by emailing [email protected]
4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS
Open to UK residents, aged 18 years or over on date of entry.
One entry per person.
Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter.
We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner who does not comply with any of the eligibility criteria and/or is in breach of these Terms. We reserve the right to repeat the competition mechanic or any stage of it in order to draw a winner that fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.
Anyone who has won a Bauer competition to the value of £500 or more within the past 6 months on any Bauer Radio brand, they or anyone living at the winning address will not be eligible to win this competition. If by any chance they get through to the phone lines – any prize they have been successful with will not be awarded. The full list of Bauer Media brands can be found here: https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands
5. THE PRIZE
*** Please note this competition is a shared prize and is running across the radio stations listed in section 1. ***
There is 1 (one) prize available across the total duration of this competition.
1 (one) winner will receive the following prize (the “Prize”):
- One4All Digital Gift Card for £500
This gift card will be a digital gift card, delivered to the winners email address. If digital gift cards are not available, these may be physical gift cards posted special delivery to the winners name and address.
The winner will then be able to check their balance and select their preferred retailer via the One4All website.
Issued in accordance with One4All Ts&Cs: https://www.one4all.com/digital-terms-conditions
Proof of identification and address will need to be provided to Bauer Media. The winner’s name, phone number, email and address will be cross checked against the Bauer Winner Database and only once they pass the criteria, they will be deemed the winner of the competition.
Bauer Media Group will aim to send the prizes to the winner within 28 working days from the date they pass winner checks as mentioned above. However, there may be a delay due to potential unforeseen circumstances and therefore deliveries may take longer. Bauer Media Group will make necessary attempts to keep the winner up to date with details of any delays and when the winner can expect the prize. Bauer Media Group has the right to redraw another winner, if the Entrant selected does not respond within 7 days of initial contact, and continue to do so until a winner is found.
The prize provider is Bauer Media. Any personal data submitted by the winner to the Prize Provider will be treated in accordance with Prize Provider’s privacy policy, which is accessible at: https://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/privacy-policy-20251030
OTHER CONDITIONS
1. DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see: http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/.
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the competition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.
3. MISCELLANEOUS.
· Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.
· Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
· We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.
· You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.
· We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the competition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.
· Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the competition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.
· As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.
We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.
4. CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: [email protected] Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.
Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see: https://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms-and-conditions-2016-03-22
for details of our registered office and company number.
