While the nation took a break to celebrate President’s Day, the Mac & Bone Show on Charlotte’s WFNZ experienced an unexpected interruption during the third hour of their Monday morning program. The disruption occurred during the eight o’clock commercial break when the morning show was suddenly instructed to evacuate the building.
As the break unfolded, show producer Josh “Fitty” Marlow swiftly cut in to inform listeners of the abrupt change in programming.
“Just to let you know, we’ve been forced to evacuate the building,” Marlow announced on WFNZ. “There’s a fire drill happening right now at the station. We’re going to transition you into CBS Sports Radio, and we hope to be back with you momentarily.”
Roughly 20 minutes later, after local officials cleared the building for re-entry, the Mac & Bone Show resumed its broadcast on WFNZ. Upon their return, the hosts provided an explanation of what had transpired.
“Apparently, somebody—or somehow—the fire alarm got pulled in our building, and we had to evacuate for about 20 minutes,” said show host Chris “Mac” McClain.
WFNZ Program Director Jeff Rickard later confirmed via text to Barrett Media that the building manager had ordered the evacuation. However, he clarified that the fire alarm had ultimately been a false alarm.
Although the incident caused an unexpected pause in programming, it also sparked some humorous reflections from the crew. The hosts joked about how they would have responded if the drill had turned out to be a real emergency.
“I was boots on the ground,” co-host Travis “TBone” Hancock recalled. “I thought, if this building is going to burn down, I’m going to do my part—I’ll go in there, pull people out, try to save them. If this thing is going up in flames, I want to be the guy to do it. Turns out… we had no flames.”
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