New York Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop
Scanner frequencies for the annual Times Square New Years Celebration
[edit] Public Safety Radio Information
NYPD Citywide Frequencies
| Frequency |
License |
Type |
Tone |
CH |
Description |
Mode |
| 470.68750 |
WIK936 |
R |
100.0 PL |
CW1 |
CW1 |
FM |
| 482.66250 |
WIM487 |
R |
100.0 PL |
SI CW1 |
SI CW1 |
FM |
| 470.71250 |
WIK929 |
R |
110.9 PL |
CW2 |
CW2 |
FM |
| 482.63750 |
WIM654 |
R |
110.9 PL |
SI CW2 |
SI CW2 |
FM |
| 470.81250 |
WIF559 |
R |
123.0 PL |
TRAFFIC |
TRAFFIC |
FM |
| 482.46250 |
WIM527 |
R |
123.0 PL |
SI TRAFFIC |
SI TRAFFIC |
FM |
| 470.83750 |
WIF567 |
R |
136.5 PL |
SOD |
SOD |
FM |
| 482.48750 |
WIM511 |
R |
136.5 PL |
SI SOD |
SI SOD |
FM |
| 470.86250 |
WIF562 |
R |
151.4 PL |
CW3 |
CW3 |
FM |
| 482.43750 |
WIM523 |
R |
151.4 PL |
SI CW3 |
SI CW3 |
FM |
| 470.66250 |
WIF564 |
R |
167.9 PL |
Special Inve |
Special Investigatiions (SPIN) |
FM |
| 470.73750 |
WIF565 |
R |
186.2 PL |
Detective 1 |
Detective 1 |
FM |
| 470.78750 |
WIK934 |
R |
100.0 PL |
OCCB1 |
OCCB1 |
FM |
| 471.11250 |
WIF536 |
R |
110.9 PL |
Comm Svcs |
Communications Div., Fleet Services |
FM |
| 470.88750 |
WIF560 |
R |
123.0 PL |
CW4 |
CW4 (ENCR.) |
FM |
| 482.41250 |
WIM519 |
R |
123.0 PL |
SI CW4 |
SI CW4 (ENCR.) |
FM |
| 470.63750 |
WIF561 |
R |
136.5 PL |
Detective 2 |
Detective 2 |
FM |
| 470.76250 |
WIF563 |
R |
151.4 PL |
IAB |
IAB (ENCR.) |
FM |
| 471.01250 |
WIF569 |
R |
167.9 PL |
OCCB2 |
OCCB2 |
FM |
| 471.13750 |
WIF566 |
R |
186.2 PL |
COMMAND |
COMMAND (ENCR.) |
FM |
| 482.68750 |
WIM483 |
R |
110.9 PL |
CW IO |
CW IO |
FM |
| 482.38750 |
WIM515 |
R |
110.9 PL |
SI CW IO |
SI CW IO |
FM |
| 485.61250 |
WIM658 |
M |
203.5 PL |
TAC A |
Patrol Zones 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31 |
FM |
| 485.58750 |
WIM660 |
M |
210.7 PL |
TAC B |
Patrol Zones 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32 |
FM |
| 485.56250 |
WIM664 |
M |
218.1 PL |
TAC C |
Patrol Zones 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, 33 |
FM |
| 485.48750 |
WIM511 |
M |
225.7 PL |
TAC D |
Patrol Zones 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34 |
FM |
| 485.46250 |
WIM527 |
M |
233.6 PL |
TAC E |
Patrol Zones 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 |
FM |
| 485.43750 |
WIM515 |
M |
203.5 PL |
TAC F |
Task Force, Housing Bureau |
FM |
| 473.68750 |
WIK936 |
M |
210.7 PL |
TAC G |
SOD & TFC |
FM |
| 473.71250 |
WIK929 |
M |
218.1 PL |
TAC H |
SOD & TFC |
FM |
| 485.41250 |
WIM519 |
M |
225.7 PL |
TAC I |
Special Commands, HQ Security |
FM |
| 465.11250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
203.5 PL |
TAC J |
|
FM |
| 465.18750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
210.7 PL |
TAC K |
|
FM |
| 465.23750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
218.1 PL |
TAC L |
|
FM |
| 465.31250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
225.7 PL |
TAC M |
|
FM |
| 465.46250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
233.6 PL |
TAC N |
|
FM |
| 465.48750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
241.8 PL |
TAC O |
|
FM |
| 460.11250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
203.5 PL |
TAC P |
|
FM |
| 460.18750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
210.7 PL |
TAC Q |
|
FM |
| 460.23750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
218.1 PL |
TAC R |
|
FM |
| 460.31250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
225.7 PL |
TAC S |
|
FM |
| 460.46250 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
233.6 PL |
TAC T |
|
FM |
| 460.48750 |
WPBQ332 |
M |
241.8 PL |
TAC U |
|
FM |
| 485.53750 |
WIM507 |
M |
233.6 PL |
TAC V |
Communications Div., Fleet Services |
FM |
- If you have an extra scanner, consider monitoring/searching the federal frequencies 162.685-171 and 406-420.
[edit] Non-Public Safety Radio Information
Non-public safety frequencies reportedly used for the 2007-2008 event (source):
- 123.1000 (CSQ) Helicopter to Helicopter
- 123.0250 (CSQ) News Helicopters
- 123.0500 (CSQ) Hudson River Air Traffic
- 164.9125 (P25) Coast Guard boats p25 digital
- 450.2125 (???) ABC Director for Dick Clark New Years Eve show
For cleanup, consider monitoring:
- 453.6000 (114.8) NY Department of Sanitation - Manhattan
[edit] Other sources of information
The December 2007 issue of Popular Communications had an article about holiday scanning in New York City.
N2NOV's NYC Multi-Agency frequency page
Radioreference.com New York City frequency page
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