**UPDATE: Police give the all-clear and employees are allowed back in the building**
WASHINGTON — Popular conservative radio station WMAL, along with music station mix 107.3, was evacuated Thursday after a suspicious package was discovered.
The station sent out the following tweet: “Suspicious package received at WMAL. Building evacuated. Police and fire are on scene. We’ll be back with you live as soon as we can, but for now enjoy our “Best of” programming on WMAL.”
Suspicious package received at WMAL. Building evacuated. Police and fire are on scene. We’ll be back with you live as soon as we can, but for now enjoy our “Best of” programming on WMAL.
— WMAL DC (@WMALDC) October 25, 2018
Host Larry O’Connor said, “I saw the package. Though it does not look like the other packages we have seen the past day or two, there were some similarities. DC police examined it and immediately ordered full evacuation.”
I’m not going to describe the package in question because there is an ongoing investigation. We were informed moments after police studied it to immediately evacuate.
Could be a bad copy cat or could be something more.
We will return to the air as soon as we can. @WMALDC
— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) October 25, 2018
It was unclear if the package in question is connected to the spate of devices sent to top democrats in the past few days.
Suspicious package received at WMAL. We were ordered to evacuate by DC Police and Fire. We will be back on the air ASAP. pic.twitter.com/l58Ef1CdVT
— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) October 25, 2018
No injuries were reported.
WMAL — branded 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL — is a commercial AM news/talk radio station licensed to Washington, D.C. and serving the Washington metro area.
