Bulletin Board Rules – Trading Post Rules

WGFA BULLETIN BOARD RULES FOR ON-AIR AND ONLINE

ADVANTAGES OF USING ILLIANABULLETINBOARD.COM

  1. WGFA Bulletin Board – IllianaBulletinBoard.com – The only regularly advertised bulletin board for Iroquois, Kankakee, Ford, Benton, Vermillion, and Newton Counties.
  2. WGFA’s IllianaBulletinBoard.com is a great way to get exposure for your event. Our on-air and online announcements will be seen and heard by thousands of people across Illiana. WGFA’s IllianaBulletinBoard.com will not only provide your event with great exposure, but it is FREE to MOST volunteer organizations. To receive the benefits of WGFA’s IllianaBulletinBoard.com you will need to submit your event information online at the link provided on the main page.
  3. GREAT EXPOSURE. Residents from across Illiana will be able to find out about your event on-air, online, or both.
  4. NO CHARGE. Best of all, IllianaBulletinBoard.com is FREE for you to use if you meet the guidelines!

GUIDELINES OF USING ILLIANABULLETINBOARD.COM

  1. WGFA’s IllianaBulletinBoard.com is for community related events that are related to Illiana and those who live here. Events posted on the calendar must be open to the public. Regularly occurring activities sponsored by businesses should not go here.  Those seeking business listings or advertising should contact the WGFA Sales Department at (815) 432-4955.  For example, nightly “happy hour” at John Doe’s pub should not go here; community picnic or game of football in the park should be posted here. Ideally your event should be free, however – if there is a cost involved this should be included in the listing. Please be as detailed as possible in your listing.
  2. This section of the WGFA website is for community events and is not meant for general advertising of your day to day business.
  3. The event must relate to a volunteer or community group. Exclusive events that specifically benefit a business are not allowed.
  4. All events must have at least one means of contact for the public to get further information. This can be an e-mail address, a phone number or a website.
  5. Submissions should be sent at least one week prior to the event in order to have them published . The event information will be published online up to one year in advance and announced on-air 2-3 days before the event when possible.
  6. If you have any problems with that method of submission, please e-mail to 941fm@wgfaradio.com or fax (815) 432-4957. Please be sure to include the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW of your event, and please include as many details as possible.
  7. We reserve the right to edit for content or space as necessary Please use our online form to submit your Public Service Announcements and Community Calendar information.
  8. Having a business location of the event is fine on-line and if possible we will substitute an easily announced location rather than a business on-air.
  9. Some events may qualify for paid advertising of their event with volunteer rates for additional on-air exposure.  Do not rely on the Illiana Bulletin Board for complete coverage of your event.  Team it up with paid advertising to make it a bigger success.

WGFA TRADING POST – MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8:40-9:00

The WGFA Trading Post is on the air Monday through Friday from 8:40-9:00. This program is designed for private individuals, not businesses who have items to buy, sell, trade or give away. One call per person and household per week. Calls concerning firearms, weapons of any type, or real estate for sale, cannot be accepted. WGFA Radio is not responsible for misrepresentation and we hold no responsibility for any representation of items sold, traded or rendered. Daily calls will be posted same day following the show when possible at WGFARadio.com. This is a free service to ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. When you call the WGFA Trading Post you are giving your implied consent to have your voice heard on the air. Our phone number is (815) 432-4997… if you end up in our voicemail system just dial 1 and it will transfer to the studio.

WGFA ON-AIR TRADING POST GENERAL RULES

The http://www.WGFARadio.com Trading Post is a service that has grown tremendously over the years. We thank you for being a part of this growing WGFA community. In order to keep the Trading Post 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 may be publicly aired and are viewable online. Your phone calls and online posts are available to anyone with a radio or an internet connection.

• The WGFA Daily Trading Post is on the air M-F from 8:40-9:00 at 815-432-4997 x1.
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, when possible, at http://www.WGFARadio.com in the Trading Post section. Saturday calls will generally 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 WGFA service for ALL listeners. 1 on-air call per household per week and a limit of 3 items per caller.
• DO NOT call back to add details or phone numbers.
• No Real Estate or Rentals allowed. If you’re looking for a home to rent that is ok. See our Premium WGFARadio.com Trading Post for these items
• No yard sales, auctions or garage sales. See our Premium WGFARadio.com Trading Post for these items
• No weapons or firearms.
• No pharmaceuticals.
• No illegal items.
• This is a free service to individuals and not businesses or anything that even hints at advertising.
• No help wanted postings.  If you would like to find an emplyoee or post a resume, check out the website we have created at http://www.IllianaHelpWanted.com
• WGFA Radio and Subsidiaries are not responsible for mis-representation.
• WGFA Radio staff (admins) have the final call and can flex these rules or add to them at any time without notices.  If you make calls or posts that appear to be against these rules, your listing will be removed.

ADDITIONAL RULES FOR THE ONLINE TRADING POST

• The Trading Post rules online must be accepted after logging in and prior to posting or replying to a post or a user via private message. All users must agree to them prior to using the system.
• In addition to the rules above, you are required to read and accept any individual Trading Post/Bulletin Board rules which may be posted at the top of specific categories as important announcements.
• This is a free service for use by individuals and not businesses.  We ask that you are patient with the WGFA Staff (admins), and software providing this service.  Any abuse towards our staff or management, on-air or online in any form, may result in immediate suspension of your account and/or legal action.
• 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.
• You may only post the item once per week. This includes bumping threads (reposting the same item) 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 category. Admins will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
• If you SPAM (this means any misuse of this free service) our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Businesses may not use the Trading Post to contact individuals or posters.
• 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 Admin) is forbidden in all categories.
• You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the Trading Post or Bulletin Board.
• 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.
• You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner. This includes all categories, 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.
• You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by admins to be detrimental to the community.
• You may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company.
• Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.
• Public posts debating these rules and/or admin 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 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 Category 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 posts. 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 Trading Post or Bulletin Board, 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. 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 or without notice.
• We do not add/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 website.
• 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 admin 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