A sports radio station in Columbus, Ohio went through nothing short of an emergency on Thursday afternoon after a suspicious-looking package was found. The building was evacuated and the content shifted to network programming.
“Hi all, we are currently running network programming due to a situation at our building that has caused us to temporarily evacuate,” the station’s official Twitter account wrote in a now-deleted post. “We plan to return to local programming as soon as possible today.”
Authorities responded to the station for “an unconfirmed report of a powdery substance found inside a package.” FBI, HAZMAT, firefighters and EMS all responded to the scene, according to Awful Announcing.
During the evacuation, the ESPN affiliate ran national programming before it was finally able to resume local programming after 3:00 PM.
Common Man & T-Bone, the station’s afternoon drive-home show, had to broadcast the first half-hour of its show from a self-described “closet” before it was able to relocate back into the studio for the remainder of the show.
“Thanks for everyone’s patience this afternoon, we are back up, and running!” the station Tweeted when things were back under control.
Thanks for everyone's patience this afternoon, we are back up, and running!
Even though @ManAndBone971 are back in the studio, we're going to call them The Bunker Boyz for the rest of the day.
Tune into The Fan, 97.1 FM, streaming on The Fan App, & YouTube @WBNSradio pic.twitter.com/kRFzdWSDum— 97.1 The Fan (@971thefan) February 13, 2025
There haven’t been many details divulged on what actually transpired regarding the package and led to Thursday’s evacuation, forcing the switch to national programming.
The good news is that things appear to be back to normal and everyone involved is safe.
