The Broadcaster

The Broadcaster's appearance in ECKVA7

Broadcaster

The Broadcaster

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**The Broadcaster** is the primary antagonist of ECKVA. They are the one who transmits broadcasts for SHawkins to receive. The broadcasts appear to be created out of old assets from the ECKVA Network database to create a show called Alis Pastry, with the intention to taunt SHawkins. In the broadcasts, they portray themself as The Doctor, which is a stock image of a doctor with blacked out eyes and mouth.

The Broadcaster is the one who currently runs the twitter formerly run by Jay and Tim from Marble Hornets, and uses the DScott3872 email address. They also control ARKlistener, the eckva.net website, and the old ECKVA Network database.

## History

The Broadcaster originally appeared in 2015, having taken control over marblehornets.com and the Marble Hornets twitter account during the introductory ARG of Clear Lakes 44. They contacted players during this time using the DScott3872 account. They made no direct appearance in the series until Broadcast 11, where they talked directly to the audience of the broadcasts, asking them if they like watching suffering, what is wrong with them, and if they want to see more. The Clear Lakes 44 broadcasts ceased after Broadcast 13, with The Broadcaster not appearing again for the duration of the series.

They became active on Twitter again several months later during the introductory ARG of ECKVA. During this, they tweeted cryptic hints that they "see with new eyes," and communicated the history of the end of Clear Lakes Communications with the players that had previously contacted the DScott3872 email. This email had a news released announcing the buyout of Clear Lakes Communication by long-time rival ECKVA Network. The website eckva.net was brought online soon after by The Broadcaster. This is around the time when they presumably began to transmit ECKVA broadcasts to the abandoned house SHawkins inherited.

They continued to communicate with people through the use of the same email until a YouTube channel was eventually found, ran by SHawkins, and the first broadcast was uploaded soon after. The Broadcaster continued to communicate with both the audience and SHawkins through the Marble Hornets twitter as more broadcasts began to come in. They directly appeared in ECKVA5 through The Doctor, showing their head looking out of a window at the abandoned house from inside. The broadcast was then interrupted due to faulty wiring; after SHawkins repaired it, The Broadcaster appeared once more in a new broadcast, asking if SHawkins was sorry for leaving.

They appeared again in ECKVA7 as The Doctor in an episode of Alis Pastry, where they diagnose Alis with not seeing "what's important," while also dispatching a house call. After the broadcast cut out in ECKVA8, SHawkins investigated the source of the issue in ECKVA9, where they found an envelope shoved into the electrical socket that had faulty wiring before, which had a Preaxin pill and a note left by The Broadcaster, which lead SHawkins to finding the monitoring system of ARKlistener.

The Broadcaster continued to send threatening broadcasts until ECKVA12, when SHawkins returned to the house to install a security system. It was revealed in that episode that The Broadcaster had removed the setup SHawkins had in the house, leaving nothing but the broken-off keyboard of the laptop that was left there. Then, after they investigated the knocking to find The Interference, The Broadcaster force fed SHawkins a pill (presumably Preaxin) as the video cut.

The Broadcaster continued to make broadcasts in the time after SHawkins disappeared. During this time, they blotted SHawkins, and kept them until their return in ECKVA16. After SHawkins was returned to the house, they saw a static spot on their arm caused by Blot; while observing it, The Broadcaster spoke through the radio, informing SHawkins that they were the last. They continued to make broadcasts until ECKVA18, which shows The Doctor once more, who hands a pill to Alis in a segment called "Alis gets better." The Broadcaster has not been seen or heard from since ECKVA18.

In September of 2020, the ARKlistener system crashed and required a restart. The Broadcaster did not restart the system, so it turned to its secondary input, which was the SHawkins twitter account. Soon after, a hacker attempted to access the BIOS of ARKlistener, and once they did, they installed Louse. It is unknown why The Broadcaster let this happen. In May of 2022, they appeared to return with the release of ECKVA19. It is currently unknown why they disappeared, why they returned, or what happened in that period of time.

## Theories

Due to Broadcast 11 of CL44, it appears that The Broadcaster is at least partially driven by some sense of revenge, even if it is clear there are other motives that are currently obscured. Because of this and their obsessive targeting of SHawkins, it is possible that they either knew SHawkins personally or were impacted by their actions in some way. It is also possible that they may have some connection to Shelby Hawkins, if Shelby is the one that previously owned the abandoned house, due to The Broadcaster knowing to send broadcasts there.

Multiple characters have been theorized to be The Broadcaster. Due to their intense anger and obsession with both Clear Lakes Communications and ECKVA Network, it is likely that they were a former employee, and were likely wronged by both companies at some point in some way or another. It is unknown what specifically happened, but some users have theorized that The Broadcaster was blotted at some point in the past, but managed to either avoid being controlled by ARKlistener, or was able to reverse the effects somehow.

Due to the possibility that they were blotted and a former ECKVA employee, it has been theorized that Andrew Raymond is The Broadcaster, as he was someone that was seemingly blotted by the company for digging too deep into the ARKlistener program. There's also the theory that The Broadcaster is Danielle Scott, due to her increasingly erratic and antagonistic behavior in the ARKlistener book, and due to The Broadcaster using her email. It is possible that The Broadcaster is some other character, either named or otherwise, or is not even human.

As of right now, it is unknown why they have not intervened in the installation and playthrough of Louse by the audience. It is possible that The Broadcaster has left for some other purpose, abandoning ARKlistener, or that control was wrested away by them for some reason or another. It is also possible that they have already completed their objective with ARKlistener, and no longer have any need to continue using the system.