Canada1. Click on AdminCP
2. Click on Prize Management
3. Click on New Local Contest
4. Give your contest a name
5. Add any information you'd like the on air staff to know.
This could be off-air information or the tag you'd like them to read on the air.
6. If your contest is sponsored by a client, search for the client in the dropdown menu.
7. Click on the client that's sponsoring the contest.
8. Prize Waiver
If you require contest winners to fill out a prize waiver, enter the contents of the waiver in this field.
If you have configured your "Default Prize Waiver" in SPARC's system setting, it will auto-populate here.
9. Edit the Prize Waiver
You can also edit the contents of the prize waiver is it's unique to this contest.
10. Select the station this contest is assigned to.
11. Choose Assign Type
SPARC give syou the option to assign contests to individual users or to groups that we call "Dayparts". If you have configured your dayparts in the Daypart Manager, you will see them listed when you select "Day Specific" as the Assign Type.
12. Click on the dayparts or individuals you'd like to assign this contest to.
13. Select Giveaway Type
There are two options listed, One Time Giveaway and Recurring Giveaway.
A One Time Giveaway occurs one day only whereas a Recurring Giveaway occurs over specific days of the week over a set date range.
14. Check off any days of the week you'd like this contest to be executed.
15. Then select your date range.
16. This contest will run from March 26, 2024 - September 30, 2024.
17. Click on Apply
18. Will this contest occur at a specific time or float throughout the day?
Floating let's the on-air staff know they can execute this contest at any point during their show.
Specific Time let's them know this needs to be executed at a set time during their show.
19. If you've selected Specific Time, assign the time you'd like this contest to be executed.
Don't forget to check the AM/PM marker.
20. Prize Delivery Option: How will the prize be delivered to the winner? There are 5 options in this dropdown.
“Yes, Listener will pick up at station" - The prize will be picked up by the winner at the station.
“No, Specify Other Pickup Instructions” - The prize is to be picked up at another location, will call, for example.
"Ship to Listener - Pick Up Option Available" - The prize can be shipped to the winner or picked up at the station. When the winner's information is collected, the options will be displayed on the winner form.
"Ship to Listener - Other Pickup Option Available" - The prize can be shipped or picked up at a location that is not your station, will call, for example.
"Ship to Listener - No Pickup Available". There is no pickup option available, the prize will be shipped to the winner.
21. Force Signature
If the prize is being picked up at the station do you require a signature from the winner? Select either “Do not require a signature” or “Make signature required when claiming prize”.
22. Prize Available Now?
If the prize is available for pickup either at the station or a location that you’ve specified select “Yes, Prize Available Now”. If the prize is not ready for pickup select “No, Prize is Unavailable”.
23. Allow Custom Prize Value
Allows the announcer that’s giving the prize away to change the value of the prize. This is typically used in contests where the value changes depending on how well the contest player does playing the contest. I.E – A contest where the player gets $10 for each correct answer they give or $1000 if they answer all 10 questions correctly.
24. Default Prize Value
If the prize value doesn't change from contest to contest, assign the prize a monetary value.
25. Attach a Prize
Click in the Prize Tracker field to search for prizes in your Prize Tracker list.
If you haven't created any prizes in the Prize Tracker, see the help guide on Adding a Prize to the Prize Tracker
26. Click on Manage Prize Assignments
27. Here you will assign the minimum and maximum number of winners this contest can have.
If you are doing a contest where the player may lose and win nothing, assign the minimum to 0 and the maximum to 1.
28. If you are doing a contest where you are guaranteed to have a winner, set the minimum to 1 and the maximum to 1.
If you are doing a contest where you are guaranteed to have a winner, set the minimum to 1 and the maximum to 1.
