This "score a ford" contest thing...

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kunsanvol said:
Two questions...has anyone ever won it? What is the "cue to call" for making a guess? I've never figured out what to listen for?
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The odds to win have to be astronomical. Call in with prediction. All predictions go into a hat. If your name is drawn AND you have correct prediction, you win.
 
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I've always imagined that the odds of having your name drawn and it having the exact score is somewhere in the neighborhood of winning the Powerball.

I know that's an exaggeration, but the odds aren't high.
 
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I found the answer. They don’t actually have a “cue to call” that’s given to the average listener. You have to know someone at Ted Russell or WNML to get that info.
 
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McDad said:
That seems suspect on the surface.
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Its not just at a surface level. I work at a dealership and we have given a car away in a contest before and if Ford is anything like Kia is it is like jumping through hoops to get one given away. Its not as simple as just writing it off. Especially if the manufacturer is going to participate in helping with the cost of the car. Ford might be different in that aspect but unless Ted Russell is just going to cut its losses on the car I would say this is more about advertising than actually giving a car away.

I say all that knowing nothing about the actual contest because I don't live in Knoxville.
 
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There’s a cue to call each segment throughout the week, I’ll hear it occasionally on my way to/from work.

Guess I’m not as skeptical as some, but to me the odds are so low of actually winning that I can’t imagine it’d be rigged in any way.
 
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ndubvols said:
There’s a cue to call each segment throughout the week, I’ll hear it occasionally on my way to/from work.

Guess I’m not as skeptical as some, but to me the odds are so low of actually winning that I can’t imagine it’d be rigged in any way.
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What is that cue? is it a phrase? a certain tune or sound? is the hosts announcing now is the time? I listen to wnml on i heart radio. I have no interest in the contest but Op has piqued my curiosity.
 
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Orangesmokey said:
Its not just at a surface level. I work at a dealership and we have given a car away in a contest before and if Ford is anything like Kia is it is like jumping through hoops to get one given away. Its not as simple as just writing it off. Especially if the manufacturer is going to participate in helping with the cost of the car. Ford might be different in that aspect but unless Ted Russell is just going to cut its losses on the car I would say this is more about advertising than actually giving a car away.

I say all that knowing nothing about the actual contest because I don't live in Knoxville.
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They buy an insurance policy to cover the cost. It’s not just a dealership giving away a car. It’s a 2-layer contest where callers call in and make a prediction. One prediction is picked each week. Of that person’s prediction is correct, they win.
 
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Boca Vol said:
They buy an insurance policy to cover the cost. It’s not just a dealership giving away a car. It’s a 2-layer contest where callers call in and make a prediction. One prediction is picked each week. Of that person’s prediction is correct, they win.
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Golf tournaments do the exact same thing on hole in one contests. Makes sense.
 
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McDad said:
What is that cue? is it a phrase? a certain tune or sound? is the hosts announcing now is the time? I listen to wnml on i heart radio. I have no interest in the contest but Op has piqued my curiosity.
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IIRC, they just say "this is your cue to call in order to score a Ford." I hear it intermittently when driving, as well.
 
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Boca Vol said:
They buy an insurance policy to cover the cost. It’s not just a dealership giving away a car. It’s a 2-layer contest where callers call in and make a prediction. One prediction is picked each week. Of that person’s prediction is correct, they win.
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That's interesting. I'm not familiar with how that would work. Just speaking on how our situation worked when we gave a car away a few years ago at River Bend.
 
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Orangesmokey said:
That's interesting. I'm not familiar with how that would work. Just speaking on how our situation worked when we gave a car away a few years ago at River Bend.
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The odds crazy to win. Say they have 50-60 entries per week. They are picking 1 entry and that entry MUST have the exact score.
 
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I used Grok. Obviously some scores are more common than others, but a rough estimate is 1/1000 chance of guessing the exact score. So if you are caller 9, assuming there are 50 entrants for the week, your odds are approximately 1/50,000 of winning.

Also, if the radio station does the contest for 13 games a year, you would expect one winner roughly every 77 years.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I used Grok. Obviously some scores are more common than others, but a rough estimate is 1/1000 chance of guessing the exact score. So if you are caller 9, assuming there are 50 entrants for the week, your odds are approximately 1/50,000 of winning.

Also, if the radio station does the contest for 13 games a year, you would expect one winner roughly every 77 years.
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That sounds about right. An insurance policy of $75K wouldn’t be that expensive but it’s a ton of exposure. I’d say 99.1 charges a lot more than the policy for the ad exposure.
 
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Boca Vol said:
That sounds about right. An insurance policy of $75K wouldn’t be that expensive but it’s a ton of exposure. I’d say 99.1 charges a lot more than the policy for the ad exposure.
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Not sure about the Knoxville market but radio ads aren’t nearly as expensive as you would think.
 
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