The Miss USA pageant, scheduled to take place in Baton Rouge on Sunday, will be broadcast locally by the Manship family station group, a sister station of WBRZ, the station announced in a news release.
“This is about providing the pageant to Baton Rouge and showcasing the hard work the contestants have put in while visiting our great community,” WBRZ General Manager Rocky Daboval said in the release. “Our decision does not involve Trump and his politically-motivated comments. No one can argue, Louisianans are the most welcoming people in this country, and we’re proud to be able to show that off this Sunday night.”
The pageant was previously dropped from NBC due to pageant affiliate Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding immigrants. Several hosts also left the pageant.