Why Did A Chicago Channel Show This Missing Person Poster After Air Time?

Why did a Chicago Channel Show This Missing Person Poster After Air Time?

On January 14th 1989, on the NBC television affiliate, WMAQ, in Chicago, right after the channel signed off for the early morning, a missing person poster was shown for the rest of morning until the channel signed on again. The image shown on the missing person poster was that of a person with the name Joanna Lopez. The quality of the image is so low that it is very hard to make out the face and the known details of Joanna Lopez’s appearance.

Along with the image of Joanna Lopez, there was a white ribbon design on the left hand side of the screen with the text “Missing”. The text: “Call: 312-744-5594” was right below Joanna’s name. Beside these details there is no audio accompanying the missing child poster, or any other details about her disappearance and other important information like her age and height.

The WMAQ channel also showed the same poster after signing off in 1991, where it shows it for about 10 seconds before switching to color bars and a tone. The quality of the image in this version was slightly higher than the 1989 version (It’s still the same image).

This missing person poster after sign off might be one of the most mysterious potential missing persons cases on the internet due to the sheer lack of any information relating to the individual’s disappearance and the organization or government agency that created the poster and decided to show it in a Television station’s sign-off of all places to help spread the word about a missing person, so they can potentially be found.