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Who Hijacked Chicago's TV Signal in 1987?

It's 9:14 in the evening, and someone has just stolen the Chicago airwaves. A figure in a rubber mask appears on screen — swaying, speaking in cut-up nonsense, waving a glove. Sports anchor Dan Roan comes back on air and says, "Well, if you're wondering what's happened, so am I." Two hours later, it happens again.

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