WGRZ-2 BUFFALO MAX HEADROOM VIDEO PIRATE STORY (NOVEMBER, 1987)

On November 22, 1987 the television broadcasts of two stations in Chicago, Illinois were hijacked by a video of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume, accompanied by distorted audio. The first incident took place for 25 seconds during the sports segment of WGN-TV’s 9:00 p.m. news broadcast; the second occurred around two hours later, for about 90 seconds during PBS affiliate WTTW’s broadcast of Doctor Who. Here is WGRZ News out of Buffalo covering the story the very next day.