Congratulations to Lynn Ruppard of Stone Robinson Elementary School

Z95.1 Teacher of the Month

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October ~ Claire Keith of Monticello High School, November ~ TJ Steger of Walton Middle School, December ~ Lexus Anderson of Greer Elementary School, January ~ Richards “B” Maxwell of Walton Middle school, February ~ Abigail Johnson of Jackson-Via Elementary School, March ~ Liberty DeLeon of Buford Middle School, April ~ Katie Allen of Mountain View Elementary School

Nominate your favorite teacher below (scroll down).

We live and learn in a great community. Outstanding teachers contribute to this exceptional community. This is why Z95.1 has joined a proud group of local businesses to recognize our best educators.

To nominate the teacher who’s made a difference in your life or your child’s life is register by the last day of this month, and tell us what makes them stand out.

Z95.1 & WINA’s Teacher of the Month is recognized on the radio, on-line, and at their school – with a special visit from Z95.1 – plus gifts of appreciation from our local partners who believe in supporting noteworthy teachers in our area.

Sponsors who recognize incredible teachers include: 

NOMINATE A TEACHER BELOW

When school begins again…Tell us about an outstanding teacher you know and why they would make a great Z95.1/WINA Teacher of the Month!

Beginning 9/24/24 12:01 a.m. users can nominate a teacher employed by a private or public school in the counties of: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene or the City of Charlottesville through the Teacher of the Month poll at Z951.com or WINA.com.  Users may nominate a teacher (or themselves) by correctly filling out the teacher’s name, teacher’s school, providing a short description as to why this teacher is amazing, the name and phone number of the person filling out the form and the users email address.
Nominees must be employed by a private or public school within these counties in Virginia: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene or the City of Charlottesville

Nominees will be accepted from 9/24/24 12:01 am  through 11:59pm on April 30, 2025.
Nominee must be entered on or before 11:59pm on the 29 of each month (23 of February 2025) to be eligible.  Winners will be chosen by the Z95.1/WINA staff on or before the 29th of each month October 2024 through May 2025 for a total of 8 monthly winners.
Monthly prizes pack includes but is not limited to a ***(TBD)*** Winner will be selected based on impact and relevance of the story provided as decided by the Z95.1/WINA judge or judges.
Winner must be at least 18 years old. Z95.1 WQMZ, News Radio 98-9 and AM 1070 WINA, Charlottesville Radio Group, and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications, Inc., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a 100-mile radius of the Z95.1 WQMZ or News Radio 98-9 and AM 1070 WINA main studio are not eligible to win any contest.  Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.

Monthly prize pack will be delivered to each month’s selected Teacher of the Month by the 15^th day of each month October 2024-May 2025 (unless otherwise arranged by the parties involved).

No purchase necessary. Prize is not transferrable or redeemable for cash. WQMZ and WINA sole responsibility will be to award the prize. WQMZ and WINA shall have no further responsibility in connection with the prize if the prize winner, for any reason, cannot or decides not to use any of the prize. Winner responsible for all applicable state and federal taxes. Winner may be required to show valid ID to obtain the prize. Fees and incidentals are not included.

This contest is being conducted concurrently and simultaneously with radio stations in the Charlottesville, VA area affiliated with the Charlottesville Radio Group and listeners of said stations will then be competing against each other for the same prize.

All Z95.1 WQMZ/News Radio 98-9 and AM 1070 WINA General Contest Rules apply.

These are the rules governing all contests aired on Z95.1 WQMZ radio and on the z951.com website or Z95.1 WQMZ mobile app, unless otherwise specified. In the following rules, “Z95.1 WQMZ” means Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC, dba Charlottesville Media Group and its parent corporation, Saga Communications, Inc., which owns Z95.1 WQMZ radio:

1. No purchase is necessary to enter any Z95.1 WQMZ contest.
2. To be eligible to win any prize on Z95.1 WQMZ you must not have won anything on Z95.1 WQMZ in the past 30 days or any prize valued at $600 or more in the past 6 months. Only one winner per household is permitted within 30 days after a household has a winner. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
3. Anytime you call the Z95.1 WQMZ studios you assume that your call will be broadcast or recorded and you grant us permission to broadcast the call or record it for later broadcast.
4. As a winner of a Z95.1 WQMZ contest your voice, name and/or picture may be used for promotional, broadcast, or internet purposes without any compensation to you.
5. Prizes awarded are not redeemable for cash. No prize is transferable. No substitution for a prize will be made at the request of winner. Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right to substitute a prize of similar value.
6. All winners of all contests are responsible for all taxes on prize awarded. All winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will be required to complete the appropriate tax forms at the Z95.1 WQMZ studios prior to claiming prize. All winners will be sent a 1099 MISC federal tax form if in one calendar year the prize value of all prizes won exceeds $600.
7. In the event the winner is subject to or the subject of any order or legal process issued by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the affairs of the winner (i.e. garnishment, child support order, judgment, lien, and the like), Z95.1 WQMZ’s delivery of the prize to the official representative of the governmental entity claiming a right to the prize shall be thus deemed as (Z95.1 WQMZ) awarding the prize to the winner. Z95.1 WQMZ shall be entitled to rely in good faith, upon any documents presented by the representative seeking to collect the prize in lieu of the winner. Z95.1 WQMZ shall not be liable for any claim by any winner for damages incidental thereto.
8. All Z95.1 WQMZ contests are open to all eligible residents 18 or over (unless otherwise specified) living within 75 miles of station transmitter(s). Contestants must possess a valid form of identification bearing the picture of the contestant acceptable to Z95.1 WQMZ that will be presented to Z95.1 WQMZ and accepted before the prize is awarded. Employees of Z95.1 WQMZ, it's advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communication within a one hundred mile radius of the Z95.1 WQMZ main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate family includes the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and their spouse. This also includes individuals for whom the employee is current legal guardian.
9. Winners will be expected to claim prize at the Z95.1 WQMZ studios, 1140 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, between 12:00pm – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) within 30 days of being notified that they are winners, unless there is an expiration date on prize, which will be specifically stated.
10. Where the prize(s) consists of paper tickets (“will-call tickets”) the winner will be directed to go to a specified address and retrieve the will-call tickets, and, by entering the contest, the contestant agrees to pick up will-call tickets and sign and deliver to Z95.1 WQMZ a waiver form as directed. Where the prize(s) consists of electronic (digital) concert or event tickets (“e-tickets”), the winner will receive an email from Z95.1 WQMZ with a hyperlink to an electronic waiver form that the winner must sign and return to the Z95.1 WQMZ before the prize will be transferred to the winner. The e-tickets will be transferred to the winner by Z95.1 WQMZ or, in some cases, by a third party (for example, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.) and the winner must check his or her email account for an email or cellular mobile number for a text message from the ticket provider in order to download the e-tickets. Where e-tickets are a prize, as a condition of entering the contest, redeeming and using e-tickets requires the winner (i) to have a valid email address and an app-enabled mobile device capable of downloading and running a third-party mobile ticketing app (e.g., Ticketmaster, Live Nation, etc.); (ii) to install, or have already installed, such mobile ticketing app on their app-enabled mobile device; and (iii) to log into an existing user account or sign up for a free user account with the third-party operating such mobile ticketing app by completing a form with all required information, including, at a minimum, the winner's first name, last name, valid email address and telephone number. E-tickets awarded as a prize in such contests cannot be redeemed or used by any means other than the designated third-party mobile ticketing app for the e-tickets. Individuals who do not have a valid email address, access to an app-enabled mobile device and/or do not comply with these requirements will not be able to redeem or use e-tickets should they be selected and verified as a winner, will not receive a substitute prize, and should not enter contests where e-tickets are the prize.
11. Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if any contest rules are violated in any way.
12. Z95.1 WQMZ assumes no liability for situations, repairs, or incidents arising from any aspect of any prize awarded in any contest. Z95.1 WQMZ, its advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees, and immediate families of each are absolved and shall be held harmless from any action or liability arising from any contest or prize awarded in any contest.
13. As a licensee of the FCC and a trustee of the public airwaves, Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right to interrupt and/or discontinue any contest or promotion (and not award the offered prize) at the discretion of Z95.1 WQMZ management if world events, the national mood, or public safety so warrant.
14. Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right to amend the rules to any contest at any time. Z95.1 WQMZ's decision is always final. In the event any one of the general contest rules which govern all Z95.1 WQMZ contests contradict with any specific contest term, the specific contest term will control.
15. For any contest requiring phone entry you must use only the following number unless otherwise specified: 434-220-2395. For texting it is 434-220-2395. The person processing inbound calls and/or texts at Z95.1 WQMZ has the final decision as to who is the winning entrant.
16. Z95.1 WQMZ shall have no responsibility for contestant’s inability or failure to participate, failure to win or claim any prize based on malfunction or difficulties with telephone, cell phone, texting, email, mobile applications, internet access, or any other circumstances in any contest beyond Z95.1 WQMZ’s control.
17. For any contest involving on-line voting: If an entrant receives irregular votes, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated means, Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion and/or use another means to determine the winner(s), ex. – random selection or appointing a panel of judges.
18. For any contests involving tickets to live performances or events, winners will need to follow all health and public safety guidelines and protocols put in place by the concert organizer.
19. Z95.1 WQMZ is not responsible for any event cancellations or reschedules.
20. Z95.1 WQMZ is not responsible for:
    • internet crashes or slowdowns caused by network congestion
    • viruses
    • sabotage
    • satellite failures
    • phone line failures
    • electrical outages
    • natural or man-made disasters
    • lost, late, misdirected, postage-due, unintelligible, returned, or undelivered entries or email
    • lost, interrupted, or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other internet connections, providers, or platforms
    • failed telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions
    • computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, or difficulties
    • other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or network

    Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this contest or website, or act in violation of the official service, as solely determined by the station, will be disqualified. Neither sponsor nor promotion parties are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this contest, and assume no responsibility for any errors, omissions, deletions, interruptions or delays in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access.

    Z95.1 WQMZ is not responsible for injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this contest. Should any portion of contest be, in Z95.1 WQMZ’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention (i.e., hackers) or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the station, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this contest, or contest plays, Z95.1 WQMZ reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the contest.

21. Z95.1 WQMZ has not made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on prize (if any) are provided only by the manufacturer, and winners agree to look solely to such manufacturers for any such warranty and/or guarantee.
22. The following are specifically related to E-contests and E-Mail Club promotions on z951.com:
    1. All appropriate information in required fields must be entered correctly and completely or you will be disqualified.
    2. To win a prize you must reside within the listening area of Z95.1 WQMZ as defined at the exclusive discretion of Z95.1 WQMZ management.
    3. Any problems with the internet or email are not Z95.1 WQMZ’s responsibility.
    4. Contestants who register to participate on our website may be required to produce a printed copy of proof of registration before being allowed to participate in the contest.
    5. Due to the nature of our programs that are heard on-line over the internet, contests may not be heard at all on Z95.1 WQMZ. Contests heard on the radio station’s internet audio stream may be slightly delayed from the time the contests are heard on the broadcast station, and will be running behind the broadcast signal. Thus, all contests heard on the internet are delayed. This delay can last for as much as 30 seconds or more. This means that when Z95.1 WQMZ contests are played that require a specific caller to telephone the radio station (such as “Caller number 9 when you hear the sound effect”), listeners to the on-line audio stream may be at a disadvantage in participating over those listeners who hear the contests on-air.
23. A copy of these rules is available during business hours at the Z95.1 WQMZ studios 1140 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Updated March 6, 2023