Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it

Tom DeLay argues the FCC cannot unilaterally scrap the congressionally set 39% national TV ownership cap.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr is pushing to repeal the rule and shift to case-by-case merger review.

The fight could determine how much of the U.S. TV market a single broadcaster can control.

It also raises the broader question of whether the FCC can rewrite a limit established by Congress.