In 1973, NBC extended the Monday night telecasts to 15 straight (with a local blackout).
Games that do not sell out at least 72 hours prior to kickoff are subject to local blackout in the primary and all secondary markets.
Programming is subject to local blackouts and other station programming.
These games are also subject to local blackouts.
CBC's National Hockey League coverage is not subject to local blackout.
It quickly became apparent that it was not just a local blackout.
What would have been a manageable local blackout cascaded into widespread distress on the electric grid.
It also broadcasts WNBA games nationally (subject to local blackout).
More and better wires can efficiently ship power across the country, reducing the threat of local blackouts or outages.
In 1996, 78 of 240 games suffered local blackouts.