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Radio Station Set Off WKBT Zombie Alert

LaCrosse Tribune | by TVNewsCheck

A goof-up by some La Crosse, Wis., disc jockeys caused WKBT viewers to hear a warning of a zombie attack. When WIZM-FM DJs played a tape of the hoax on KRTV Great Falls, Mont., the alert tones triggered WKBT’s receiver, which automatically rebroadcast the signal.