It wasn't the explosion that woke Salt Lake radio personality Bill Allred - it was the telephone.
The caller mumbled something about not going on the air Saturday morning.When he asked why, the voice on the other end told him about the pipe bomb that exploded in a crowd of people gathered around a stage in Centennial Olympic Park killing one woman and injuring more than 100 others.
The park, which had become a popular gathering place during the Games, is just a block and a half from the downtown hotel where Allred and his KXRK (X96) co-host Kerry Jackson are staying.
The blast may have rocked Atlanta, but it didn't even wake the morning DJs.
"Frankly, we slept right through the entire thing," Allred said.
The stage where the bombing occurred is adjacent to the Coca-Cola Broadcast Center where the Utah duo were scheduled to do live shows this weekend.
Saturday would have been the second of their three-day remote.
"I'm disappointed we didn't get to broadcast," Allred said. "I would have loved to have been on the air when this happened . . . because you can bring it home for people. There are a lot of questions out there."
Because they couldn't go on the air, they frequently called X96 and related what they saw happening in Atlanta the morning after the bombing.
Both men said security was noticeably tighter.
"They're being very cautious about where we could go and where we couldn't," Jackson said.
Police were conducting more thorough searches of those entering sports venues.
"I have Converse (tennis) shoes on and the metal rings set of the metal detector," Jackson said, relating an experience he had entering the Georgia World Congress Center to attend a weight lifting competition Saturday afternoon.
Though there were visible signs of the tragedy, Allred said there were still crowds of people, who apparently weren't deterred by the bombing or the rain, heading to Olympic events.
Jackson said that street vendors were also open for business outside the park. "Everybody's out selling their wares," he said.
Spectators were asked to observe one minute of silence before the weight lifting competition, Allred said, and that appears to be a ritual that will continue at every event left in the Summer Games.
The pair hoped to be back on the air Sunday morning at 7 a.m. MST, but there were no guarantees the park would be open by then. Despite the apparent vulnerability of the park, Allred and Jackson said they're not worried about broadcasting from center.
In fact, if they do get back on the air Sunday, they said in addition to other plans they had for the show, they'll be taking a lot of calls from people in Utah.