During a broadcast of Doctor Who, the same signal hijacking happened again, this time with audio and lasting a full minute and a half. Move ahead 2 hours to around 11:15 that night, and station WTTW. WGN quickly changed frequencies, restoring their broadcast feed, leaving the sports anchor at that time wondering just what had gone on. On the night of the 22nd, during TV Station WGN’s 9 p.m news, the sports segment, the first incident happened, with the broadcast being overrode by about 15 seconds of noise for audio, and video of someone wearing a Max Headroom mask moving back and forth in front of a metal background designed to mimic that of the the Max Headroom show. It’s an event known as the Max Headroom Incident. Unlike the Captain Midnight incident, to this day we still have no idea who did it or why. On November 22nd, 1987, the last broadcast signal intrusion of the analog TV era happened in Chicago. Well, it doesn’t get much stranger than this. In case it isn’t obvious, I have an interest in strange things, strange events, and the 1980’s.
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