Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation

<figure> <img alt="An image showing Brendan Carr" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/STKP211_BRENDAN_CARR_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The era of set broadcast ownership limits is officially over, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-424076A1.pdf">end the national ownership cap rule</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The agency's two Republicans, Chair Brendan Carr and Commissioner Olivia Trusty, voted to end the ownership cap, which restricts broadcast owners from holding stations that reach a combined more than 39 percent of US TV households, while Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez dissented. It formalizes a policy Carr has long criticized, and which he <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/966283/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-brendan-carr">announced last month</a> that he would seek to end at Thursday's open FCC meeting. In place of a set limit, the FCC says, there will now be …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/976287/fcc-broadcast-ownership-rule-ends">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>