Who Hijacked 2 Chicago TV Stations in a Max Headroom Mask in 1987?
On 22 November 1987 an unknown video pirate interrupted two Chicago TV stations. At about 9:14 p.m. the sports segment of WGN-TV's 9 o'clock news was replaced for about 25 seconds by a person in a Max Headroom mask in front of a rotating corrugated-metal background (no audio) until WGN engineers switched frequencies. Around 11:15 p.m. WTTW's broadcast of Doctor Who ("Horror of Fang Rock") was hijacked for about 90 seconds with distorted audio; it ended with the masked man being spanked with a fl
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