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Broadcast Interruptions: Nuclear Explosion on Czech Television Morning Show

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the 2007 Broadcast Hijacking of the Czech Television Morning Show called Panorama. The Live Morning Show  Featured Scenic Picturesque Scenes of Czech Countryside (with a relaxing musical soundtrack)  to Help Boost the Tourist Industry in Czechoslovakia.  Czech Citizens Freaked the fuck Out with some People even called the Government to find out What to Do while Other People fled in Fear of Radiation Poisoning from the Nuclear Fallout. The Television Station CT2 had to make Official Statement that it was a Fake Nuclear Explosion and that Czechoslovakia had Not in Fact been Attacked, Bombed, and a Nuclear War had Not Broken Out.

The Hijacking was Carried Out by  6 Members of a Radical Artists Collective known as Ztohoven and one of Their Causes is “Penetrating Public Space”. After the Incident the 6 Members where Arrested and Taken into Custody and Charged with Spreading False Information. Ztohoven Stated the Purpose of the  Broadcast Hijacking, which They referred to as Media Reality, was Not to Harm, BUT to illustrate How the Media Manipulates Reality. In a Statement from the Group said:  “We are Neither a Terrorist Organization Nor a Political Group. Our Aim is Not to Intimidate Society or Manipulate it, Which is something We Witness on a Daily Basis by the Media. On June 17, 2007, [We] Attacked the Space of TV Broadcasting, Distorting it, Questioning its Truthfulness and its Credibility.” The Group Also Added that They Hoped Their Action would “Remind the Media of Their Duty to Bring Out the Truth”.

This Particular Broadcast was Compared to Orson Welles’ War of The Worlds Radio Broadcast Back in 1938 which was Portrayed a Fictitious News Report as Authentic. War of The Worlds Radio News Broadcast claimed Aliens were Invading the Earth Laying Waste to Everything in Their Path. Listeners freaked the fuck Out and Mass Panic Broke Out Across the Country. There were Reports of People Suffering Heart Attacks and Shooting at Water Towers/ Windmills etc. after Hearing the Broadcast and Believing it to be Real.

 

It is what it is,

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Be Sure To Tune Into Local 58 WCLV-TV Community Television

Local 58 is an INSANELY Creative Horror Web Series By Kris Straub and Presented in a “Found Footage” Style of Story Telling. The Series Appears to Span Several Decades from the Late 1960’s (possible Early 70’s) all the Way Up To 2019 so Far.

At the Start of the Series there were Only 4 Videos Online those being “Contingency”, “Station ID”, “Weather Service”, and one Titled “You Are On The Fastest Route”. Later on Down the Road a Fifth Video called “Show For Children” was Added to the Lineup. Subsequently Three Additional Local 58 Videos have been Posted since the Original Five if You will. Those Videos are “A Look Back” (Posted August 27, 2018), “Real Sleep” (December 19, 2018), and “Sky Watching” in November 2019.

The Video “Contingency” appears as if it was Shot in a Film Format while the Video “Show For Children” seems to be presented in a VCR Format. This Indicates the Series has Progressed from the 1960’s to the 1980’s. The Series Jumps ahead in Time After “Show For Children” to a 2014 . Thusly the Videos can be Rearranged into Chronological Order According to Their particular Time Frame as Opposed to Their Actual Posting Date(s).

The Plot Unfolds Predominately through a Series of Public Service Announcement, Public Warnings, and Emergency Broadcast’s being Transmitted On Local 58 WCLV-TV (there is Some on Screen Text as Well that Also has a Key Role). The Premise is there has been an Unknown World Wide Event Occurring while Local 58 WCLV-TV is Providing Public with Vital Information. Why is The World being Plunged into a Wide Spread Mass Panic? Could it be Nuclear War, a Government Conspiracy, Alien Invasion, Natural Disaster of Epic Proportions, Deadly epidemic, a Meteor Speeding toward Earth, or is Humanity facing the Actual Apocalypse? Who or What is behind it this Hysteria Exactly, and Who may be Involved?!

          

That’s what makes such a Creative Endeavor as Local 58 so Fascinatingly Mesmerizing is You have to Decipher the Series for Yourself. You have to Think for Yourself and Draw Your own Conclusions in the End. It’s a Series You can Watch Over and Over Looking for (and Finding) Subtle Details, Secret or Unseen Clues, Hidden Hints, and Underlying Nuances. All in All the Local 58 WCLV-TV  Web Series is an Unnervingly Masterminded Multidimensional, and Multilayered Master Piece. Enjoy.

Thanks for Watching,

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