In 1987, Chicago television viewers saw their broadcasts suddenly interrupted by a person wearing a Max Headroom mask, first on WGN and later during a Doctor Who episode on WTTW. The second hijacking ...

Last Saturday marked 38 years since WGN’s tv signals were hijacked in the “Max Headroom” incident. On November 22nd, 1987 someone, dressed as “Max Headroom,” hacked into the signal at WGN and PBS.

THE MAX HEADROOM INCIDENT. November 22nd, 1987 was a pretty normal evening for television viewers in Chicago. That night, like every night, Dan Roan was covering sports on WGN-TV, Channel 9. Then ...