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The Max Headroom Pirate TV Incident Part 1

The Max Headroom Pirate TV Incident Part 1

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Before streaming and scrolling there was broadcast
television—shared signals sent through the air for anyone with an
antenna to catch. But when something’s that open, it’s also open
to hijacking. In part one of our two-part series, we dig into one
of the most bizarre and legendary cases of broadcast piracy: the
Max Headroom Incident. On November 22, 1987, two Chicago stations
were interrupted by a strange figure in a Max Headroom mask,
delivering surreal, unsettling messages in a two-minute broadcast
that has baffled and fascinated for nearly four decades. Who did
it, why, and how did they pull it off? We explore the theories,
the tech, and the legend that refuses to fade.

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