Brendan Carr’s FCC Rewrites Media Ownership Law Only Congress Can Actually Changefrom the what-third-branch? That’s Congress clearly putting into law that the FCC must have a cap of 39% reach for TV ownership. Of course, all this comes right after Nexstar and Tegna — two giant, reliably GOP-friendly broadcast companies — merged into something massively exceeding that 39% cap (thanks to Carr’s support). Congress set this cap in federal law, and only Congress can change it. Filed Under: anna gomez, brendan carr, congress, fcc, media ownership