The article gained some media attention and received over 200 comments. In 2011, an AMA Reddit article by user bpoag claimed that he ' may know who was behind the hijacking'. They go on to state that the FCC and FBI will likely never catch the culprit. The station inserted clips of the hijacking (without sound) during a newscast of Mark Giangreco's highlights. WTTW received many calls from people wondering exactly what was occurring as early as the last few seconds of the hijacking. The next day, the incident received widespread national headlines, and was reported on the CBS Evening News, among other affiliates.

There are many full recordings of this particular incident, the one included is the highest quality copy able to be found. The video then cuts out, with Doctor Who resuming as normal. The woman proclaims, 'Bend over, bitch!' and hits him repeatedly, followed by Max screaming in agony. What followed was 90 seconds of the Max Headroom impersonator making fun of WGN anchor Chuck Swirsky, Max Headroom's ill-fated 'New Coke' advertisements, giving the finger with a rubber extension, as well as mocking Chicago's newspaper, Clutch Cargo, and putting on a glove then claiming his brother has the other one.Īfter this it cuts to Max bending over, bare-buttocked, in front of a woman(?) in old-fashioned attire with a fly-swatter.

Two hours later (at roughly 11:15 PM), on PBS member station WTTW, a re-run of the British series Doctor Who's Horror of Fang Rock serial was hijacked with a similar Max Headroom video, only this time the audio was working, and the engineers had no way of getting rid of it. No official recording by a casual person has been found, but a (condensed) version found on news reports of the event has been uploaded to YouTube.

When the broadcast returned to anchor Dan Roan, he befuddledly stated, 'If you're wondering what just happened (laughing) so am I.'

It only lasted as long as it did because the engineers switched the frequencies of their studio links, effectively terminating the intrusion. The intrusion lasted (approximately) 25 seconds and there was no audio but a low buzzing sound. The first and lesser-known occurrence happened during the WGN Nine O'Clock news, in which anchor Dan Roan was recapping the highlights of the recent Chicago Bears game, which was the hijackers primary and, at the time (debatably) sole target.

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