FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Invites the Public to Deregulate the Agency through 'Delete, Delete, Delete'

Dismantling bureaucracy seems to be the phrase of the week. Following Secretary of Education Linda McMahon's epic announcement that half of the staff at the Department of Education has been cut, and the massive regulatory rescissions made by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has decided to get in on the game, and has invited the American people to play along with him. Carr has launched, "Delete, Delete, Delete," seeking public comment on which FCC regulations should be eliminated.

NEW:

The FCC has just launched a sweeping deregulation initiative titled “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete.”

Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, the FCC will help unleash prosperity through deregulation. pic.twitter.com/oE3X1uVOH2
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) March 12, 2025

From Carr's announcement:

Specifically, the FCC has opened a new docket, titled "In re: Delete, Delete, Delete," in which the agency seeks comment on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.

This is unprecedented and highly welcome, especially by the amateur radio community, which is licensed through the FCC and limited by some of these regulations that have not been reviewed since the Stone Age.

Cool, I have one. 47 CFR Part 97, I forget the paragraph but can look it up: it limits amateur radio operators to a particular baud rate, rather than limiting the bandwidth. New technologies can send data much more rapidly with the same bandwidth. But we have been limited since…
— Backwoods Engineer - THE ORIGINAL (@BackwoodsEnginr) March 12, 2025

Cool, I have one. 47 CFR Part 97, I forget the paragraph but can look it up: it limits amateur radio operators to a particular baud rate, rather than limiting the bandwidth. New technologies can send data much more rapidly with the same bandwidth. But we have been limited since the 1980s because of this stupid rule.

Then there are must-carry regulations, where a cable provider is required to carry local programming and then passes on that expense to its consumers. In the age of streaming, this one may be worth the heave-ho. Some of the best and most trafficked content doesn't exist on local or cable broadcasts. Certain regulations restrict or limit the public and creators' availability to it. Imagine what possibilities could exist if these regulations did not?

Carr's statement continued:

This action follows President Trump's leadership and the Trump Administration's decision to usher in prosperity through deregulation. In particular, this new proceeding will assist the FCC in carrying out the policies that President Trump included in certain Executive Orders, including Executive Order 14192 titled "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation" and Executive Order 14219 titled "Ensuring Lawful Governance And Implementing The President's 'Department Of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative."
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 regulations that are no longer necessary. And we welcome the public's participation and feedback throughout this process.

Aside from net neutrality, defunding PBS and NPR, and George Soros and his questionable purchase of radio stations, the FCC barely gets noticed by the American people, yet it affects a great deal of our life when we tune the radio dial or click on the television. Perhaps this agency will not only get the attention it deserves, but will set a new gold standard for crowdsourcing change.

Carr added: