I was just thinking about this vague memory I have of a 1980s television hacking incident involving a guy in a max headroom mask showing his ass. Lo and behold it's actually on youtube. The incidents took place in 1987 in Chicago, where two broadcasts on two local stations were interrupted. The second one is posted below. The individuals responsible were never caught.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion_incident
Also, here are two other well known signal intrusions. The first is from 1985, a commentary on HBO's decision to scramble their signal and require satellite television subscribers to pay for their programming. The second took place during a news broadcast in the UK in 1977, a message from Vrillon of The Ashtar Galctic Command giving the people of Earth some advice on their path towards self destruction. Audio only.
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