Games used to be televised locally, and thousands watch the games in person at the Duluth Entertainment Center.
It has since grown to become a locally televised event-the second largest parade in the nation.
"We may be the first playoff team never to be televised locally," he said.
Starting the next year, any home games that sold out 72 hours before kick-off could be televised locally.
The sellout lifts the television blackout and means this will be the first home game televised locally since October '93, a span of 15 games.
The second meeting of each month is televised locally on cable channel 13 and streamed on the district's Web site.
Church services were locally televised as early as January 1951 and eventually were carried on stations nationwide.
Bell was criticized as being too strict with his refusal to let sold-out games to be televised locally.
The 1939 contest between the two teams was televised locally in Manhattan, becoming only the second televised college football game.
For the first time, three of the team's games will be televised locally on tape delay.