GATN (Donutsverse)

Great American Television Network (GATN) was a television channel. It was founded in 1931 as a radio station by Giles and Carson Dillon as GAR (Great American Radio). They began to experiment in television in 1941, and became GATN in 1945. In 1948, a New Year's Celebration was on. It was a massive hit. After Giles died in 1950, William Joe McDonald took over. After DBC was created, GATN were direct rivals with them. The Christopher Cole Show was one of the first late night shows to appear on the channel. In 1969, a man that went by the name "Bill B Bruns" hijacked the channel. Text showed up on the screen saying "On January 31 1969 everyone will disappear". This reportedly went on for an hour until the screen went black. Weirdly, however, the radio station was not harmed. The audio from the radio played on the television station until 1972 when the station shut down. William Joe Armstrong and 13 other GATN employees were killed in an airplane crash in 1969. In 1973, it was revealed that Billy Dillon, the son of Carson Dillon, was the one who hijacked the channel. The channel returned in 1974 under the name "ABS" (American Broadcasting Station", ran by Daniel Perez. It was famous. Daniel Perez announced that the channel would be shutting down in 1991. This was met with riots at the ABS Tower in Indiana. 121 people were arrested, while an estimated 270 people fled the scene. There were many police chases in Indiana that day. It was called "The Chaos Day" by many. The radio station building was packed, too. An estimated 100 people met up at the building to shatter windows, break the door, and cause chaos. Only 5 people fled the scene. One was struck by an ambulance, two were found in a lake, one was caught out of the state, and only one person made it. The radio station still operates to this day.