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WGN Channel 9 - The Nine O'Clock News - "The 1st 'Max Headroom' Incident" (1987)
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 sports report that aired within The Nine O'Clock News on WGN Channel 9 one Sunday evening in late November 1987. The sportscaster was Dan Roan, and reporter/occasional anchor Larry Roderick as ...
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Max Headroom Incident: November 22, 1987. During a WGN newscast, Chicago viewers watched in shock as their TV screens went black and a masked figure dressed as Max Headroom appeared. The pirate broadcast lasted less than a minute before being cut off. Later that night, the same figure returned on another channel, mocking broadcasters and acting erratically. Despite an FBI investigation, the culprit was never caught. To this day, no one knows who was behind the Max Headroom Incident. Music: “Send
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