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The 'creepiest TV hacking in history' took place in 1987 and it still remains unsolved. WGN-TV and WTTW are two Chicago TV stations which had their broadcast signals hijacked by an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and sunglasses. The bizarre incident took place twice within just three hours.


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On November 22nd, 1987, A TV pirate hacked into WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago, Illinois, to interrupt the broadcast of Dr. Who. He rambled on and on about rando.


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Hey everyone in today's episode we take a look at a live broadcast interruption that occurred back in 1987. An individual wearing a Max Headroom Mask hacked into two different live broadcast.


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Together, the event made headlines across the world and became known as the Max Headroom signal hijacking - even though the Headroom element was nothing more than a mask. Watch the Max.


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Max Headroom is a fictional character played by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", [1] Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, stuttering, and pitch-shifting voice. The character was created by George Stone, [2] Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton.


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At center screen, a person wore a Max Headroom mask—a character who appeared on various television shows and movies in the 1980s. He appeared to have yellow skin, yellow clothes, and yellow.


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In the TV show, Max Headroom was a journalist who was assassinated over digging dirt on the corporation that owned the TV station he worked at. Headroom's hacker friend preserved his brain and uploaded it to the network, making the former journalist a digital entity.


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Max Headroom was billed as 'the first computer-generated TV presenter.' In reality the character, first appearing on Channel 4 in April 1985 was a fictional persona portrayed by Canadian actor Matt Frewer wearing a prosthetic mask, contact lenses, and a fibreglass suit.


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Here, shown publicly in its entirety for the first time in 30 years, is the complete broadcast of the *initial* "Max Headroom Incident" that plagued the spor.


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By Katie Serena Published May 25, 2021 Updated March 15, 2022 During the Max Headroom hack of 1987, Chicago television stations were overtaken by a masked man who continues to baffle authorities to this day. Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident Watch on The Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion. The First Max Headroom Hack


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This week is the 35th anniversary of the Max Headroom incident. On the night of November 22, 1987, the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, were hijacked, sending a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask to thousands of viewers.


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Max Headroom signal hijacking On the night of November 22, 1987, the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, were hijacked, briefly sending a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers. [1] [2] [3] [4]


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In 1987, a man wearing a Max Headroom mask broke into the broadcast feeds of Chicago stations WGN (showing a Bears highlight show) and WTTW (airing Doctor Who). In the latter intrusion, which.


Remembering The Strangest (And Still Unexplained) TV Hack In Chicago History The Chicagoist

It was Nov. 22, 1987—a Sunday night—and "Doctor Who" fans had just settled in to watch a rerun of the episode "Horror at Fang Rock.". Suddenly, the Doctor was replaced by Max Headroom—not the 1980s comedy character Max Headroom, but a guy in a mask ranting through garbled audio. The WTTW signal had been hijacked.