The news of CMT dropping the Miss America TV show is another blow to an American institution that has struggled to find a place in modern popular culture.
The 86-year-old contest, which began as a publicity stunt for Atlantic City boardwalk business owners, became a TV event of Super Bowl proportions, drawing 80 million viewers in its heyday. After 50 years on network television, ABC dropped Miss America in 2004 when ratings fell to a record low, which is how it came to air on CMT.
Nashville broadcasting legend Ralph Emery, a veteran radio and television broadcaster for more than a half-century, lamented the news that the pageant has lost its home again.
"It's a piece of Americana that I hate to see dropped by the broadcasting industry."
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