October 8, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a presentation of speech to Citizens League by Tom Berg, state representative of Minneapolis and chairman of the House Local and Urban Affairs Committee, about the ongoing studies on the financial health of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
October 8, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of rural men. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
October 13, 1977 - Eugene McCarthy discusses political personalities and issues before a campus audience at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
October 14, 1977 - Socialist writer and critic Michael Harrington and Conservative columnist William F. Buckley debate the question "We Welcome the Growth of the Public Sector" at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
October 15, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of small communities. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
October 22, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of harvesting, food, and the environment. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
October 23, 1977 - President Jimmy Carter makes a stop in Minnesota to visit and celebrate Hubert H. Humphrey with a signing of bill that will name the newest building of the Health Education and Welfare Department after Senator Humphrey.
October 24, 1977 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents “The Role of the Courts in a Changing Society: Football and Antitrust,” a documentary that explores the lawsuit ‘MacKey v. National Football League,’ which illustrates how anti-trust law relates to professional sports and how the courts helped mold professional football.
October 26, 1977 - A Midday broadcast of economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith speaking before the National Town Hall meeting. Speech topics include inflation and unemployment.
October 29, 1977 -