The http://www.WGFARadio.com Trading Post has grown tremendously over the years and we thank you for being a part of this growing community.  In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact WGFA from our contact page at http://www.WGFARadio.com. 

The basic ground rules for discussions on on-air and online are simple: be polite, use common sense, don’t break the law and don’t post any message that even hints at advertising. 

Remember… your calls and postings are in a public forum on-air and online. Your phone calls and online posts are available to anyone with an internet connection.

WGFA Radio On-Air Trading Post Rules

·         The WGFA Daily Trading Post is on the air M-F from 8:40-9:00 at 815-432-4955.

·         The WGFA Saturday RFD Trading Post for Farm and Rural Lifestyle items is on-air Saturday from 9:06-9:30 at (866) 500-9726

·         Daily calls will be posted the same day following the show at http://www.WGFARadio.com in the Trading Post section.  Saturday calls will be posted Monday afternoons at http://www.RFDTradingPost.com.  If you have questions about posts or phone numbers please call the WGFA office at (815) 432-4955.

·         This is a FREE service for ALL listeners.  1 call per household per week and a limit of 3 items per caller.  This includes NOT calling back to add details or phone numbers.

·         No Real Estate or Rentals.  If you’re looking for a home to rent that is ok…

·         No yard sales, auctions or garage sales

·         No illegal weapons or firearms.

·         No pharmaceuticals

·         No business or money making opportunities including no junking, scrapping, babysitting, daycare, or help wanted/needed postings.  If you would like to post a resume for free or are looking for employees we have created http://www.IllianaHelpWanted.com just for you. 

·         No businesses or suspicious money making opportuntiies

·         WGFA Radio and subsidiaries are not responsible for misrepresentation.

·         WGFA Radio Personalities and Moderators have the final call and can flex these rules or add to them at any time without notice

·         If you make calls or posts that are against these rules you will be warned first and banned second.

WGFA Radio Online Trading Post Additional Rules

In addition to the rules posted here, you are required to read any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums as Important threads or Announcements. By using this forum, you further agree to abide by Iroquois County Broadcastings terms of use.  WGFA Radio and Iroquois County Broadcasting  assume members have read them and will not take ignorance of any rules as an excuse for not following the rules, policies, and guidelines outlined here and in the forum specific rules.

• This is a free service. We appreciate the self policing online, however, you must be patient with the Admin, Moderator, and software providing this service.  Any abuse towards our staff, management, or moderators on-air or online in any form, may result in immediate suspension of your account.
• We take the “Be Polite” rule very seriously. We do not tolerate any rudeness. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.

·         You may not post any message that is commercial by nature.  If you are responding to someone looking for a home please use the PRIVATE MESSAGING  feature.

• You may only post the item once per week.  This includes bumping threads once every 7 days. Bumping can refer to posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
• If you SPAM our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Do not contact anyone to suggest your product or service who is not explicitly expecting you to contact them. If you glean information from anywhere and use that information to contact someone and present an offer, it’s SPAM and it will affect your account standing.
• Your account is yours alone. You are responsible for any activity created with it. You may not share your account login with anyone. If you choose to ignore this important restriction your account, and any accounts associated with it, will be disabled.
• All publicly displayed messages are limited to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, and any attachments or other forms of public display.
• Signature Spam (a post that was made in hopes of showing a signature, as determined by moderators) is forbidden in all forum categories.
• You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the forum.
• Cross-Posting is not allowed here. Cross-posting refers to posting new duplicate threads or posts, or the linking to threads or posts already started by the member with the intention of gaining exposure.
• You may not compensate anyone for any review or recommendation. Further, you may not suggest a tone (i.e. “Go talk good about us on WGFA”).
• You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner. This includes all forums, private messages, signatures, and e-mail features.
• You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place. Please contact us on the contact page at http://www.WGFARadio.com if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.
• You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
• You may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company; without first hand experience of those products or services. This includes companies recommending other companies. Any post not meeting a moderator’s criteria will be removed without notice.
• Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.
• Public posts debating these rules and/or moderators’ enforcement of such, will be removed without comment. We encourage feedback however and invite you to use our contact page at http://www.WGFARadio.com if you have any questions or concerns.
• Some forum categories have a “minimum (relevant, non-advertising, non-fluff) post count” and/or “minimum length of membership” restriction before a member is allowed to start a new thread. Please read the Forum Description and the Announcement within if you get a permissions error while trying to start a thread. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.
• If your user name is the same as your URL or company name, you may not refer to it in the forums.  You may not post any message that directs others to any pages at your own commercial domain, including informational pages. A commercial domain is defined as a site that receives any type of income or links to any income producing properties. You may not solicit the membership for feedback or suggestions on your product or services. You may not solicit users for any project or purpose external to the forum; public, private, or commercial.
• Most importantly our member base is not a resource to be “mined” by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or not for profit.
• URLs or other forms of advertising (phone numbers, plans, contact details, etc.) are not allowed in custom user titles, signatures, or names.  Also, you may not use custom titles to impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, WGFA Staff, user groups, or any entity you are not associated with. Profile pictures cannot include sexually explicit or graphically intense images. Profile Summary (and all other modules) cannot include or link to illegal encouragement, harassment, sexually explicit, or other non-family-friendly content.
• Any posts not meeting these guidelines may be removed with our without notice.
• We do not remove posts or accounts on request.
• In light of our policy of encouraging candid, open exchanges of views and the rapid distribution of information originating from many sources, WGFA Radio cannot determine the accuracy of information that may be uploaded to the forum.
• Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. You rely on such information at your own risk. You are urged to seek professional advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice or opinions given in the discussions.
• We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms at any time without written notice. It is your responsibility to remain informed of current WGFA Policies.  We further reserve our right to disable any account at any time for any reason and without notice.
• You are permitted a maximum of one account, active or inactive, regardless of how many e-mail addresses you have.  If you have forgotten your log in details and are unable to retrieve them via the system, do not create a new account, please contact the administrator off the contact page at http://www.WGFARadio.com

·         We don’t intend to censor messages based on the opinions expressed within posts, but we will enforce the policies outlined both on-air and online.  We reserve the right to remove, modify or move posts at our discretion and without explanation. Please contact the Community Leaders via our contact page at http://www.WGFARadio.com if you do not understand any of the rules, guidelines or policies outlined here.

·         Suspension of your account is a definite consequence of not adhering to these guidelines.

• By using this web site, you agree to be contacted by site administration, regardless of your account settings, when it becomes necessary to do so regarding your account activity.
• If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, please contact us via our contact page at http://www.wgfaradio.com