FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is opening a new docket “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” seeking comment on “every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.”
Among the criteria that Carr is seeking comments on are cost-benefit considerations, experience gained from the implementation of the rule, marketplace and technological changes, regulation as barrier to entry, changes in the broader regulatory context, changes in, or other implications of, the governing legal framework, and other considerations relevant to the retrospective review of Commission rules.
Carr stated, “Under President Trump’s leadership, the Administration is unleashing a new wave of economic opportunity by ending the regulatory onslaught from Washington. For too long, administrative agencies have added new regulatory requirements in excess of their authority or kept lawful regulations in place long after their shelf life had expired. This only creates headwinds and slows down our country’s innovators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. The FCC is committed to ending all of the rules and regulations that are no longer necessary. And we welcome the public’s participation and feedback throughout this process. The American people expect and deserve a government that will efficiently deliver great results. We are committed to doing exactly that at the FCC,” Chairman Carr added.
The full public notice can be read here.





















Oh, goodie! Just what we need – fewer regulations. It would be nice if the FCC hadn’t been so hamstrung financially they could have enforced the regulations already on the books. The Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996 gave us the hell we’re in now with companies such as Clear Channel, Cumulus, Alpha and the like gobbling up independently owned stations and smaller groups in a Wall-Street- fueled frenzy that has led to most of the radio stations in the country owned by companies so crippled by debt and unable to actually operate stations on a local basis. Relaxing regulations even more is lunacy. But that’s what I expect from this Administration.
All well and good until chaos takes over the airwaves.