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The Max Headroom signal hijacking (also known as the Max Headroom incident) was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, that briefly sent a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Captain Midnight Message seen in 1986, as superimposed on the SMPTE color bars Date April 27, 1986 ; 38 years ago (1986-04-27) Time 00:32 EST (05:32 UTC) Duration Four and a half minutes Location Ocala, Florida, U.S. Type Broadcast signal intrusion Motive To protest against charges for access to scrambled satellite channels Target Home Box Office (HBO) Participants John R. MacDougall Outcome ...
On the night of November 22, 1987, an unidentified man wearing a Max Headroom mask appeared on the signals of two television stations in Chicago, Illinois. WGN-TV, owned by Tribune Broadcasting, was hijacked first. The intrusion occurred during the sports report on its 9:00 p.m. newscast and lasted about 25 seconds.
On the night of 22 November 1987, a broadcast of the first part of Horror of Fang Rock by Chicago television station WTTW was interrupted for around 90 seconds by a pirate broadcast featuring an unknown individual, who was disguised as the television character Max Headroom. The incident made national headlines, [13] [dead link ] however the ...
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