WTTW Chicago - The Max Headroom Pirating Incident (1987) - Original Upload

This is the **Original Upload**. The Museum of Classic Chicago Television () was the first to upload this bit of freaky Chicago TV history to YouTube in 2006 under our former account name. Visit the main site for more discussion and analysis of this oddity. During a broadcast of the Dr. Who episode “Horror of Fang Rock“ on WTTW Chicago Channel 11, on Sunday November 22nd, 1987, at around 11:15pm, a Video “Pirate“ wearing a Max Headroom mask broke into the signal and transmitted