Reaction
WTTW and WGN-TV joined HBO as victims of broadcast signal intrusion. The Max Headroom incident made national headlines and was reported on the CBS Evening News the next day. WTTW received numerous phone calls from viewers who wondered what was occuring for the duration of the station being targeted.
Not long after the incident, WMAQ-TV humorously inserted clips of the hijacking into a newscast during Mark Giangreco's sports highlights. "A lot of people thought it was for real - the pirate cutting into our broadcast. We got all kinds of calls about it," said Giangreco.
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