Give away 100 grand.. get a lawsuit lol

[Josephine96]

Radio Contest Winner Sues Over Candy Bar

POSTED: 1:27 pm EDT June 23, 2005

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A woman who won a radio contest that promised the winner "100 grand" sued after the station gave her a candy bar - a Nestle's 100 Grand - instead of $100,000.

Norreasha Gill filed a complaint Wednesday in Fayette District Court against Atlanta-based Cumulus Media, which owns WLTO-FM in Lexington. Gill, 28, says the station and its parent company breached a contract to pay $100,000 to the contest winner.

Night host DJ Slick sponsored the station's contest to "win 100 grand," Gill said in the lawsuit. Gill won by listening to the radio show for several hours and being the 10th caller at a specified time.

She went to the radio station the next morning to pick up her prize, but was asked to return later. When she got home, she found that the station manager had left a message explaining she had won a 100 Grand candy bar, not money. Later, he offered her $5,000, Gill said.

"I said I wanted $95,000 more," she said. "Nobody would watch and listen for two hours for a candy bar."

DJ Slick did not return an e-mail from the Herald-Leader, but he said on his Web site that he had left his job. WLTO and Cumulus declined to comment, identify DJ Slick by his given name or say whether he was fired.

Experts said the radio station could face action by the Federal Communications Commission, which licenses radio stations.

FCC regulations say contest descriptions can't be false or deceptive and that stations must conduct contests as advertised. Stations in two other states have been fined for contests that told listeners they'd won cash prizes without specifying they were in the Italian or Turkish lira, not the U.S. dollar.

Before her family went to sleep that night, Gill says, she promised her children - ages 1, 5 and 11 - that they'd have a minivan, a shopping spree, a savings account and a home with a back yard.

"What hurts me is they were going to get me in front of my children, all dressed up, and hand me a candy bar, after all those promises I made to them," she told the Lexington Herald-Leader. "You just don't do that to people."



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[feederband]

[Cookiely]

She deserves the money. I hope she wins the suit.

[SouthernWx]

That's truly sad....and why I don't get into those radio station contests.

I had a friend who was once done similarly in a radio contest many years ago. She (and most listeners) was under the impression the station was giving away a NEW car. She was so excited when she won; at least until she found out the car wasn't new (was five years old)....and had over 79,000 miles on it (and was in need of repair the day she drove it home...a clunker even worse than her old car

That experience really turned me off to radio contests. I figure if it's too good to be true, it sadly usually is

PW

[therock1811]

That's truly sad....and why I don't get into those radio station contests.

I had a friend who was once done similarly in a radio contest many years ago. She (and most listeners) was under the impression the station was giving away a NEW car. She was so excited when she won; at least until she found out the car wasn't new (was five years old)....and had over 79,000 miles on it (and was in need of repair the day she drove it home...a clunker even worse than her old car

That experience really turned me off to radio contests. I figure if it's too good to be true, it sadly usually is

PW

I doubt any radio DJ's here would do someone like that. They talked about this on WKRQ-FM in Cincinnati tonight, and there was another example where someone won the keys to a car...and it was literally just the keys! No car.

[coriolis]

If they kept saying "100 grand" and not saying "cash" or "dollars" etc, I'd be real skeptical. There's too many people out there trying to hit a jackpot over some petty grievance. This lady needs to get a life.

[streetsoldier]

The station should have been aware that there are "truth in advertising" laws, requiring specificity; the lady has a legitimate grievance.

[therock1811]

The station should have been aware that there are "truth in advertising" laws, requiring specificity; the lady has a legitimate grievance.

Yeah, she does. If they advertise something, they should deliver. In other words, you tell someone they've won 100 grand, then to be safe, give them the cash.

[Earth_Is_Changing_Fast]

HAHA

[kmanWX]

She deserves the money. I hope she wins the suit.

Well they gave her exactly what they said...

100 grand...

Well if she wins she could get 3 times as much comming to her..