There’s money in the music here at Nation 80s - the more you listen, the more chances you will have to spot the £1k Triple Play.

From March 31st listen out for us to play the following three songs in this order and in full.

When the triple play happens you’ll have sixty minutes to text us and win yourself one thousand pounds.

You’re listening for:

• Song 1: Dire Strats - Money For Nothing
• Song 2: Simply Red - Money’s Too Tight To Mention
• Song 3: Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)

All the rules, terms and conditions are below - Good luck!

Terms and Conditions

Nation 80s £1k Triple Play [Q2,2025], playing on Nation 80s from Monday 31st March 2025 – Specific Rules

1. Nation 80s £1k Triple Play [Q2, 2025] (‘Promotion’) is organised by Thames Radio Limited. The Promotion will run from Monday 31st March at 8am on Nation 80s and will close after three rounds of the Promotion have completed..

2. The Promotion is subject to these Specific Rules and the General Terms and Conditions which are available here (together, the ‘Competition Terms’). Entry into the Promotion constitutes acceptance of these Specific Rules and the General Terms and Conditions.

Details of the Promotion:

3. To enter the Promotion you must listen out for the three songs as specified in promotional scripts broadcast on Nation 80s to be played in full and in the correct order on Nation 80s and enter accordingly as per clause 5.

4. During the period of the promotion there will be a minimum of three rounds each with a £1,000 prize. The competition will close at the end of the third round which is expected to be on or before 30 June 2025.

5. There is only one way to enter the Promotion:

Entry via SMS Text Message

5a) To enter the Promotion by SMS text message, you must text in during the period that commences when all three specified songs have been played in the correct order and in full and closing sixty minutes after the conclusion of the third specified song on the DAB platform.

5b) You must send a text message with the keyword PLAY to 66777 (the “Text Message Line”). Text messages will be charged at standard network rates. The text system may not recognise any other format of the keyword. You must have the bill payer’s permission to enter and be over 18 years old.

5c) Text lines will open once all three songs are played and will close 60 minutes after the end of the third song. Entries received after this time will not be eligible to win but may still be charged. Only entries that have been received during the period specified in 5c, will be considered valid entries. 

6. Once the Text Message Entry has closed, ten entries will be selected at random from all the entries received during that round. The selected entries must be eligible, (see sections 13 and 14) and submitted at the correct time (see clause 5c). One of our representatives will call the first selected entrant on the telephone number on which you entered. If the entry is ineligible, we reserve the right to select another entrant. As stated in clause 7 we may call multiple entrants within a singular round, if this is the case, we will increase the number of randomly selected entries accordingly.

7. If you are this entrant, you will be asked to have a call with a presenter. That call will be pre-recorded for future broadcast. You must answer your telephone when we contact you. Someone else cannot answer the phone, participate, or accept a prize on your behalf. If: (i) you fail to answer the phone; (ii) someone else answers the phone; (iii) the call goes to voicemail; (iv) the call becomes disconnected; or (v) you are not (or do not seem to be) in a position to safely and/or lawfully take or remain on the call (for example, if you are or seem to be driving); or (vi) you are not audible or intelligible or we are not able to conduct a conversation with you in a manner that is suitable for broadcast for any reason beyond our control (including, but not limited to: low/no signal on your device, a call is dropped by any network, you are travelling, there is too much background noise or feedback, etc.); before or during the Promotion, you may be disqualified and we reserve the right to select another entrant to participate in the Promotion or withdraw the prize and select another winner, as applicable.

8. The Text Message Line will be re-set after each round, therefore entry is only valid for the round which you enter.

9. We may publish and publicise entrants’ names, image, social media handle and/or profile picture, your nearest geographical location (for example, your nearest city, town or county) and your entry, and we may refer to your association with the Promotion and/or the prize, in any and all media, worldwide, in perpetuity, for publicity and PR purposes solely in connection with the Promotion.

10. By entering the Promotion you are requesting that we process your entry into the Promotion immediately. We complete the entry process immediately following receipt of your entry and therefore you acknowledge that once you enter the Promotion you will lose any right you may have to cancel your entry and receive a refund (whether under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 or otherwise).

11. Nation Broadcasting Limited accepts no responsibility or liability for how the winner of each round of the £1k Triple Play spends their prize money.

Eligibility:

13. The Promotion is only open to residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 and over, and who are based in the United Kingdom at the time of entry.

14. Multiple entries into the same round of the Promotion by SMS text message are not permitted.

Prize:

15. A winning entrant will receive £1,000.

16. The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable.

17. Winners will be contacted within 24 hours of winning and you will receive the prize money within 14 working days of you providing the correct and verified bank information and identification required to process the payment.

18. Winners may not participate in future rounds of this Promotion.

19. For all enquiries in connection with the Promotion please contact our support team at spi@nationbroadcasting.com

Data Protection

20. Your personal data that you provide to us will be collected and processed by us in order to administer and fulfil the Promotion. Your personal data may also be disclosed to Ofcom and/or the Advertising Standards Authority at their reasonable request for regulatory purposes.

21. By entering a Promotion, you acknowledge that any personal data provided by you in connection with the Promotion will be processed as set out above and in accordance with our Privacy Policy which sets out full details of how we process personal data and how you can exercise your rights as a data subject. Please ensure you have read and understood our Privacy Policy before entering any Promotion.