An on-air stunt by a Dallas radio disc jockey Friday morning had some people believing that the blackout in the Northeast had spread to North Texas.

It hadn't, but a radio personality who goes by "The Fitz," on the weekday morning show on KRBV 100.3 FM, spent more than two hours telling listeners that the power was out.

"It was awful. Something like this is dangerous," said Julia Butler, who lives near Lancaster and commutes to work in Fort Worth. "Fitz went on for two hours about blackouts in the area. He said schools were closed and that a virus had infected the electrical system and that grocery stores were mobbed by people getting supplies.

"I took an alternate way to work, which made me late. It was only later that he said it was a joke."