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Viewers watching a TV station in Hamilton, Ont., Friday morning noticed the newscasters onscreen were wearing less clothing than normal.

At 9:30 a.m., the CHCH broadcast was replaced with a few minutes of hardcore gay pornography instead of the news, prompting outrage from many viewers and a slew of apologies from the station.

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“It felt like an eternity but I think it was on there for about a minute,” said Mike Katrycz, the vice-president of news at CHCH.

“We discovered through quick investigation that it was not (our station), it was one of the cable companies that had patched it. There was nothing wrong with the transmission from (us) … it was a problem at one of the cable companies that was beyond our control.”

Viewers were predictably disturbed, Mr. Katrycz said. It was the first time in his 30 years in the industry that this has happened, he said.

“Of course, we know there are kids out there, there are people who don’t want this in their homes and would never invite this in our homes,” he said.