New year, new contests

Now that all that Christmas hubbub is over and things are getting back to normal, let's look forward and see what this new year brings. Hopefully some trips, concerts, and cash! Yahoooooo!!

First up: Virgin Radio

They don't have much going on just yet, but stay tuned as I'm sure they will come up with something awesome soon. Until then, become a Virgin VIP and enter their Dine Out Vancouver contest (here). Guess their Blurred Breakfast and you could win $100 to spend at a Dine Out Vancouver restaurant. You will then be entered to win the grand prize, which includes 2 nights in a hotel, 2 tix to Snowshoe Fondue, The Secret Supper Soiree, and The Brunch Crawl Event. What a blast this would be, and I would totally enter if I didn't have young kids (it would cost me a fortune in babysitting to attend all of those!) Contest starts Monday the 6th and ends Thursday the 16th.

OR you could enter to win a $10,000 diamond ring from Rodan Jewellers! Just sign into your account and submit the lowest UNIQUE bid and you could win. Sure, you could bit $0.02, but how many others will have the same bid? Maybe no one, maybe everyone. So get creative!

Jack FM

Oh Jack, how I love thee... I always wanted to marry a man named Jack or name a son Jack, but neither happened (it was too popular of a name when my son was born so I chose a more unique name). But I dearly love the name, and I also love the station! They always have fun stuff going on, and no big egos to step around... So starting on Monday, qualify for one more trip to the Bahamas at 7:40, 9:40, 11:40, 2:40, 4:40 and 6:40. The grand prize will be drawn on Friday, January 17th.

On top of that, listen daily for your chance to win tickets to the Boat Show. Everyone who wins will be entered for the big prize - dinner with Kieran!!! Okay, it's actually dinner for you and 3 friends, but you don't HAVE to bring friends. Probably. ;) The dinner will be on a yacht. A luxury yacht (is there another kind??) presumably in the water and not inside BC Place...

But wait! There's MORE!! Enter here for your chance to win a trip to the Grammys! The contest will have entries from across the country as all of Rogers' radio stations are running it, so the odds of winning are slim. But still, somebody has to win! Why not YOU?! Contest closes on Sunday the 12th, the draw is Monday the 13th, and travel will be sometime between the 20th and 31st. I've entered already!

QMFM

This week Mike and Tara will be giving away tickets to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's presentation of Romeo and Juliet. I love that they support the arts like this. One year I won tickets to the Nutcracker and got to take my then 5 year old to see it. She fell asleep for the last bit, but I think she still got cultured... (?) Nothing else is up on their site as of yet, they are keeping their cards close and not letting us peek. Something big's just around the corner...

Sonic

You can also enter for that trip to the Grammy's on Sonic's site, but it's one entry per person so don't enter here if you've already entered at Jack. Another way to get to the Grammys is to win a trip there! Qualify at 8:10, 12:10, 5:10 and 8:10 daily starting Monday. You could win the grand prize and go rub shoulders with the rich and famous! Well, maybe not, but you could be breathing the same air, and potentially go home with some molecules that they breathed out...

The Peak

Personally I'm hoping for Mini iPad Thursdays, but I won't hold my breath. No word on big contests this week, but meanwhile you can win tix to Typhoon at 9:15 or tix to Lord Huron at 6:15. If you are a Peak VIP (and if the iPad Thursdays didn't convince you to become one, I don't know what WILL!), you can enter to win tickets to the Motorcycle Show, tix to Museum of Vancouver, a Gluten-Free Expo prize pack, or a $75 gift certificate to Uptown Dawg. Go enter here. Next week they will be giving away $1000 per day, stay tuned for more details!

JRFM

If you read my previous post, you already know about the AWESOMEST contest happening at JR right now! You have to be an Online Insider to apply, but that's free and easy. In other news, the Waking Crew will also be giving away 4 tickets to the Motorcycle Show and 4 tickets to the Boat Show with the Secret Word. The U-Turn also has 4 tickets to the Boat Show. Online Insiders can win tickets to West Side Story, tickets to the Wedding Fair, or a Fraser Downs Racetrack prize pack.

The Beat

Well, well, looky here! The Beat starts the year off right: $1000 to get you on the road to a New You! Woot!!! Sprott Shaw and The Beat are forking over a grand for you to buy yourself a new wardrobe or a new computer, or hey, how about some classes at Sprott Shaw to get you on the path to a new career?! Love it!! Enter here.

Also happening this week: $5000 towards a vacation! Holy CRAP! The nice folks at Bell Media decided to take pity on us poor folks that didn't get in on that trip to Punta Cana. At first it looked like only those that already won would have a chance to "dig in the sand" for that $5000. But now they seem to have changed their minds and are just giving $5000 in travel to caller 94 at 8:10 am. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, AND Friday. That's $25,000 in travel! Transat Holidays and Uniglobe Travel really stepped up to the plate here, and I will sing their praises till the cows come home. You make Bell look good.

Shore

Hmmmm.... I wonder what's happening with Shore... I really like this station, I hope they're not on their way out. There's been some changing in the guards over there, with stations being bought and sold and whatnot, so I hope they're just waiting for the dust to settle. This station could really take over the airwaves if they played their cards right! We will be watching with great interest...

Team 1040

I read a Tweet yesterday that implied Bro Jake's show was ending. Simply not true. He was off for Christmas just like everybody else, but he will be back starting Monday. Some are relieved, some are annoyed. I don't care either way, as I don't listen to that station. My husband is thrilled, as he's a big fan of Bro Jake and loves listening to him on Team 1040. The Toyota Tundra Power Play contest is back on - when the Canucks get a power play, they will draw a name. If it's you, and the Canucks score, you win $100. If they don't score, the jackpot goes up by $25 with each scoreless power play. So get your name in that draw! You don't have to be listening to the broadcast to win, but you do have to enter. So do it here.


Rock 101 and CFOX


I'm not supposed to mention the Corus stuff, but I just can't help it today! Every Friday in January, Rock 101 is giving away an all-inclusive trip to Puerto Vallarta. Eeeeeek!!! This is even better than the Vegas prize! Listen at 8, 11, 2 and 5 to get on the Stand-by List. Plus starting next week, CFOX will be taking qualifiers for a trip to Hawaii at 7, 9, 12, 3, and 5 each day, with the draw on Friday at 5:30. Either way, I can't win, but YOU can!

After the last two weeks of farting around (figuratively AND literally!), it'll be nice to get back to routine. It would be nice to win something too, but it's just fun to hear about the contests and hear others winning. Good luck to you!!!

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