Unauthorized radio transmission · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 190.72 Unauthorized radio transmission.
A person is guilty of an unauthorized radio transmission when such person knowingly makes or causes to be made a radio transmission in this state, on a radio frequency assigned and licensed by the federal communications commission for use by amplitude modulation (AM) radio stations between the frequencies of five hundred thirty kilohertz (kHz) to seventeen hundred kilohertz (kHz), or frequency modulation (FM) radio stations between the frequencies of eighty-eight megahertz (MHz) to one hundred eight megahertz (MHz), without authorization or having first obtained a license from the federal communications commission or duly authorized federal agency, in violation of federal law.
Unauthorized radio transmission is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits unauthorized radio transmission by knowingly making or causing an unlicensed radio transmission in New York, contrary to federal law, on FCC-assigned AM frequencies from 530 kHz to 1,700 kHz or FM frequencies from 88 MHz to 108 MHz. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.