# N.Y. CVR Law § 75: Defamation by radio or television > New York · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S75 ## Section - **Citation:** N.Y. CVR Law § 75 - **Heading:** Defamation by radio or television - **Jurisdiction:** New York - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** New York Code / Act CVR / Article 7 / Section 75 ## Text § 75. Defamation by radio or television. 1. The owner, licensee or\noperator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of\nstations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or\noperator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory\nstatement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound\nradio broadcast, by any legally qualified candidate for public office\nwhose utterances, under rules and regulations of the federal\ncommunications commission may not be subject to censorship by such\nowner, licensee or operator of such visual or sound radio broadcasting\nstation or network of stations, or their agents or employees.\n 2. A "legally qualified candidate" means any person who has publicly\nannounced that he is a candidate for nomination by a convention of a\npolitical party or for nomination or election in a primary, special, or\ngeneral election, municipal, county, state or national, and who meets\nthe qualifications prescribed by the applicable laws to hold the office\nfor which he is a candidate, so that he may be voted for by the\nelectorate directly or by means of delegates or electors and who (a) has\nqualified for a place on the ballot or (b) is eligible under the\napplicable law to be voted by writing in his name on the ballot, or\nother method, and who has been nominated by a political party which is\ncommonly known and regarded as such or makes a substantial showing that\nhe is a bona fide candidate for nomination or office, as the case may\nbe.\n 3. In order to be absolved from liability for damages for any\nutterance by a legally qualified candidate as herein defined in or as\npart of a visual or sound radio broadcast, the owner, licensee or\noperator of such visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network\nof stations, or the agents or employees thereof, shall announce, in\nsubstance, at the beginning and end of each such political broadcast of\nmore than five minutes duration, and at the beginning of each such\npolitical broadcast of five minutes duration or less, that the remarks\nabout to be made, or made, as the case may be, by the speaker are not to\nbe construed as reflecting the opinions or beliefs of the station, its\nownership or management.\n ## Nearby sections - [N.Y. CVR Law § 70 Vexatious suits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S70.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 70-A Actions involving public petition and participation; recovery of damages](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S70-A.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 70-B Unlawful interference with protected rights](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S70-B.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 71 Damages in action for suing in name of another](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S71.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 72 Term of imprisonment of civil prisoner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S72.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 73 Code of fair procedure for investigating agencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S73.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 74 Privileges in action for libel](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S74.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 75 Defamation by radio or television](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S75.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 76 Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S76.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 76-A Actions involving public petition and participation; when actual malice to be proven](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S76-A.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 77 Special damages in action for slander of a woman](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S77.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 78 Mitigating circumstances in action for libel or slander](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S78.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 79 Forfeiture of office and suspension of civil rights](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S79.md) - [N.Y. CVR Law § 79-A Consequence of sentence to imprisonment for life](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S79-A.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NY_ACVR_A7_S75. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.