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I had discussed w/several people the idea of having a TV Network dedicated to The Missing/Found Unknown. I flip through the channels when looking for something to watch and see Music, Sports, Nat. Geo, Disc, and on and on. I started thinking why not a network dedicated to the missing. Stories, pictures, thinking how many homes that could reach. I have no clue how to do something like this. I am not a good 'communicator'..however, I decided to email several networks, inlcluding the doe network, AMW, Turner Broadcasting, CNN, National Center for Missing and Exploited, etc. I have no idea what it would help, but I figured, what the heck, let's just get the 'idea' out there...see what happens.
Here is what I sent, so far I have rec'd one response, from the doe network, see below:

I am curious about something and would like to know who I can direct this question, suggestion to.

Something I would love to do, start a TV network, a station that runs all hours, showing stories, pictures, etc. of all the missing/found unknowns out there. I have NO clue how something like this would be accomplished.

You have Discovery, Sports, Music, Movies ,etc channels, why not a Missing Persons channel. Do you know how many people this would reach? I believe large businesses and people with missing loved ones would finance such a venture.

Again, I am clueless about this kind of thing, but the ideas are in my head and I thought I'd bring it up.

What made me think of this is all the talk on a website I belong to, WebSleuths.com, a lot of people were talking about all the coverage Natalee Holloway is receiving and the fact that all of the missing, found/unknowns, etc, get nothing, or very little coverage.

Why couldn't you set up something like this?

Why hasn't this been done by anyone?

Any reasons? Can this be done? Can you tell me who I could discuss this with to see if it is possible.

Thank you and kindest regards,
Christine Jones

Been working on just that Christine.

A lot more complicated that it might sound....but indeed....it is being considered. There's a blurb about it in this article....

www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/matthews.html

:)~ Todd

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"...there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known."

- Matthew 10:26





Administrative Team wrote:

Not forwarded from gmail...



Todd, I think you can answer this gal pretty thoroughly huh?



~Liz
 
I asked the person that emailed me below if he could keep me informed, he wrote back and said that he would, see email below:


Will do!

Hope you can stay in touch with me...( I get about 800 e-mails a day).....so I hope I can reply on you keeping better track of me than I can you! LOL

This might help you as well...
http://www.webmaine.com/forums/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000096.html

We're not so sure about CBS still....but there are many other options being looked over.

-Todd
 
Sounds like a winner to me!!!! :clap:
 
:) :angel: Hello Christine, thank you for going forward with this wonderful idea. I have always (as many have) thought about this too.

Thank you for having the drive to go ahead with contacting someone.

"you are an inspiration"

I hope one day to watch our missing/lost on TV where they belong -

24 hours a day.
 
Thank you all for the encouragement. As I mentioned, I am not a good communicator, writer. Listed below are all the major networks websites, you can find email addy's under the contacts page, you just never know who may be interested in taking up something like this.....anyone that wants to, write them about this idea...please, please do! You never know what may come of it!

Love to all, I am so very thankful that I don't have a loved one missing, but for all that do, my prayers are with you every day and I hope that I may be able to help in some way!


ABC
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4551
http://www.abc.com/
netaudr@abc.com

CBS
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-4321
http://www.cbs.com/
audsvcs@cbs.com

FOX Broadcasting Company
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900
http://www.fox.com/
askfox@foxinc.com

NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-4444
http://www.nbc.com/
nbcshows@nbc.com

PBS*
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-5000
http://www.pbs.org/

Nickelodeon (NIK)
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 258-8000
http://www.nick.com/

Lifetime Television (LIF)
34-12 36th Street
Astoria, NY 11106
(718) 706-3600
http://www.lifetimetv.com/

Turner Entertainment Networks (TNT, TBS, TCM*)
1050 Techwood Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30348-5264
(404) 827-1717
http://www.tnt.tv/
tnt@turner.com

USA Networks (USA)
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 408-9100
http://www.usanetwork.com/


A&E Network (A&E)
235 E. 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 661-4500
http://www.aande.com/

Black Entertainment Television (BET)
1235 W Place, NE
Washington, DC 20018
(202) 608-2000
http://www.bet.com/

Bravo (BRV)
200 Jericho Quadrangle
Jericho, New York 11753
(516) 803-4500
http://www.bravotv.com/

CNBC, Consumer News and Business Channel
2200 Fletcher Avenue
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
(201) 585-CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/

CNN
One CNN Center
Box 105366
Atlanta, GA 30348-5366
(404) 827-1500
http://www.cnn.com/

Courtroom Television Network (Court TV)
600 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 973-2800
http://www.courttv.com/

The Discovery Channel
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-0444
http://www.discovery.com/

E! Entertainment Television
57500 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3709
(323) 954-2400
http://www.eonline.com/

ESPN
935 Middle Street, ESPN Plaza
Bristol, CT 06010-7454
(860) 766-2000
http://espn.go.com/

Food Network
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 398-8836
http://www.foodtv.com/

fX
1440 South Sepulveda Boulevard
Suite 209
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 286-3800
http://www.fxnetworks.com/main.html

Game Show Network
10101 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
http://www.gameshownetwork.com
Headline News
One CNN Center, Box 105366
Atlanta, GA 30348
(404) 827-1500
http://www.cnn.com/HLN/

The History Channel
235 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
http://www.thehistorychannel.com/

Home Box Office (HBO/Cinemax)
1100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 512-1000
http://www.hbo.com/
http://www.cinemax.com/

The Learning Channel (TLC)
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-0444
http://tlc.discovery.com/

MTV
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 258-8000
http://www.mtv.com/

PAX
601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 659-4122
http://www.pax.tv/

The National Network (TNN)
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 258-6000
http://www.thenewtnn.com/

Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 408-9100
http://www.scifi.com/

Showtime/TMC
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-1600
http://sho.com/

The Travel Channel
2690 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30339
(404) 801-2400
http://travel.discovery.com/

UPN
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 575-7000
http://www.upn.com/

VH-1
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 258-8000
http://www.vh1.com/

WB Television Network
4000 Warner Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91522
(818) 954-6000
http://www.warnerbros.com/

The Weather Channel
2600 Cumberland Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
(404) 434-6800
http://www.weather.com/
 
I just read an article on Fox last week that mentioned a channel for the missing too... here is the link:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162001,00.html

Excerpt:

24-Hour Media Embrace Tales of the Missing

Saturday, July 09, 2005

By Catherine Donaldson-Evans

NEW YORK — Stories about missing children, teens and young adults dominate TV news so much these days that some have suggested creating a missing-persons cable channel.
 
SimonSays said:
I just read an article on Fox last week that mentioned a channel for the missing too... here is the link:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162001,00.html

Excerpt:
Great article Simon, thanks! See, we aren't the only ones thinking about this. maybe if enough of us show interest in watching a channel such as this, someone will go through with it!

Thanks again for the great link!
 
Christina: Please let me know how I can help via PM. I to for years have asked the question of why no 24-7 coverage. In fact I have already made a statement that if I ever hit the Lotto Laffin that is what I would do first
 
The more emails they recieve the more attention they will pay. The programming runs by their ratings, so it stands to reason that the more attention they get, the more seriously they will look at it.

When I turn on the TV I can watch almost anything I would wish, and much that doesn't appeal to me. There are movie channels, food, country and rock music, travel, history, nature, sports, national news, cartoons and other children's channels, and so many other types of channels directed toward my amusement and education.
But there is no where that I can go to find out info about a growing problem in the USA. People go missing, bodies are found that are never identified. Most never make national headlines. They don't have the "media hook" that is needed to draw national attention.
A person who is missing draws local attention, which is fine- as long as the person stays in the local area. However, we live in the 21 century and a person can be almost anywhere in the US in a matter of hours. Children can be abducted in Ohio and be in Mon. in 24 hrs. People in Mon. don't know the child is missing because it only drew local interest in Ohio. We need a channel that specializes in missing/abducted persons.
You may think there would be no interest in such a channel. But take a look at websites set up for the missing, they get a lot of attention. Look at how long programs like AMW have been running.
There is a void there and we need a channel to fill it. You develop the channel and it will get the attention. The programs could highlight the missing person- make them personal to the viewers. So much could be done with this type of programming. And it would help to fill a critical void in dispersing information about missing persons.
 
mysteriew said:
The more emails they recieve the more attention they will pay. The programming runs by their ratings, so it stands to reason that the more attention they get, the more seriously they will look at it.
:clap: AWESOME EMAIL Mysteriew!!!!!!! That's exactly what I was hoping for, people to start 'buggin' these networks. Great Job. Thank you!
 
JDB said:
Christina: Please let me know how I can help via PM. I to for years have asked the question of why no 24-7 coverage. In fact I have already made a statement that if I ever hit the Lotto Laffin that is what I would do first
Thanks JDB, I don't know what else to do except write these networks. Get them to hear us, we want a Network channel started to run 24/7 about our missing loved ones and also found/unknowns. Start emailing :) Spread the word to others and get them to email too. Maybe someone one of us knows has some connections some where? I don't know. Write/spread the word is the only things I know to do at this time.

In my replies to the doe network, I let them know I would be willing to help if a channel was set up like this, taking calls, getting contributions, whatever, might be a good idea to offer to volunteer if it's possible. Let them know we are willing to also help once the station is up and running.
 
Liz posted these emails for various media in the Groene forum. I "borrowed" them. :D

Larry King LarryKingLive@cnn.com

Linda Vester DaySide@foxnews.com

John Gibson BigStory@foxnews.com

Bill O'Reilly Oreilly@foxnews.com

Joe Scarborough joe@msnbc.com

Dan Abrams abramsreport@msnbc.com

Linda Vester daybreak@cnn.com

Neil Cavuto cavuto@foxnews.com

E.D., Brian & Steve friends@foxnews.com

Shepard Smith FoxReport@foxnews.com

Geraldo Rivera AtLarge@foxnews.com

Sean Hannity Hannity@foxnews.com

Greta Van Susteran ontherecord@foxnews.com

Carol and Chad Daybreak@cnn.com

Nancy Grace NancyGrace@courttv.com

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25606
 
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Cool beans! I will email all of these this weekend! Thanks mysteriew!



mysteriew said:
Liz posted these emails for various media in the Groene forum. I "borrowed" them. :D

Larry King LarryKingLive@cnn.com

Linda Vester DaySide@foxnews.com

John Gibson BigStory@foxnews.com

Bill O'Reilly Oreilly@foxnews.com

Joe Scarborough joe@msnbc.com

Dan Abrams abramsreport@msnbc.com

Linda Vester daybreak@cnn.com

Neil Cavuto cavuto@foxnews.com

E.D., Brian & Steve friends@foxnews.com

Shepard Smith FoxReport@foxnews.com

Geraldo Rivera AtLarge@foxnews.com

Sean Hannity Hannity@foxnews.com

Greta Van Susteran ontherecord@foxnews.com

Carol and Chad Daybreak@cnn.com

Nancy Grace NancyGrace@courttv.com

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25606
 
I landed here by tracing back the link "SurferQuest" mentioned on Google. I am the initiator of the SurferQuest - Missing Children project on our Internet Kiosks.
I guess I beat you to the e-mail christine2448!

You made me think Christine and although we as a company are way too small to even think of setting something like this up, you did made me think. Like hopefully my initiative of displaying the Missing Children on our Kiosks, will make you and others think and hopefully make new ideas or the same ideas on a different media network.

Personally I hope that my initiative will make the ATM people think. Imagine if they would utilize every ATM machine out there for displaying The Missing Children. I know they can push content to every ATM machine, they use it now for advertisiments. If they can do that, they can also push pictures to them. What a difference that would make.

You guys have a powerful voice and as I read the messages I realize you use it so well. Keep up the good work, but don't forget the little battles. Win enough little ones and.........

Ron
www.surferquest.com
 
Ron1834, SurferQuest. First of all, let me thank you for your initiative in getting the pictures of the missing kids out in the public forum. All movements start with one person's initative. You say that your company is small, yet you have made a huge contribution in the effort.
Second, please stick around and do a little reading. Join in the posting, send out a few emails. You can help a lot by joining in. Your ideas about posting them on ATM's are interesting, I had never considered that. You sound like an idea person we really need around here!
 
Ron1834 said:
I landed here by tracing back the link "SurferQuest" mentioned on Google. I am the initiator of the SurferQuest - Missing Children project on our Internet Kiosks.
I guess I beat you to the e-mail christine2448!

You made me think Christine and although we as a company are way too small to even think of setting something like this up, you did made me think. Like hopefully my initiative of displaying the Missing Children on our Kiosks, will make you and others think and hopefully make new ideas or the same ideas on a different media network.

Personally I hope that my initiative will make the ATM people think. Imagine if they would utilize every ATM machine out there for displaying The Missing Children. I know they can push content to every ATM machine, they use it now for advertisiments. If they can do that, they can also push pictures to them. What a difference that would make.

You guys have a powerful voice and as I read the messages I realize you use it so well. Keep up the good work, but don't forget the little battles. Win enough little ones and.........

Ron
www.surferquest.com
Hiya Ron! Welcome!

I did email you all, and I'm trying to understand if you read my email and that's how you ended up here? I can't remember who, but someone sent me an email about what your company was doing w/the Kiosks and I sent you the same email I have been sending to all the networks/TV news anchors, etc. As I have mentioned in earlier posts, I have rec'd only 1 response and it was from the doe network, and now, I think I have recieved a response from Surferquest :) I'm just very tired and not sure if I am understanding your post LOL.

I think what you are doing is wonderful and I send you a sincere thank you!

Now, about the ATMs, would I contact the individual banks about this? Or is this something you are currently working on? I think it is a fantastic idea!!!

Hope you stick around and join in discussions on our forum here.

Kindest regards,
Christine
 
Thank you for the warm welcome Mysteriew and Christine.

Now, about the ATMs, is this something you are currently working on? I think it is a fantastic idea!!!

No, Christine, my goal is to get the SurferQuest Internet Kiosk in a lot of public places like Rest Areas. We are working with a couple now and on the 18th we have a Press Conference of displaying the Missing Children in the NH rest areas. 2 more states on the East Coast are interested as well and hopefully will follow shortly afterwards.

I am also working on some other projects that involve displaying the Missing Children. Can't go into that yet.

The ATM is a different technology with some of the same features, like digital signage. This feature can be utilized, very easily in my view, for displaying the Missing Children. I am thinking about this a lot, the only thing is, it conflicts with what I am doing myself. The time I would spend on this, I cannot spend on my other projects. And they are just that important.

But I can help and I have some ideas about how we have the best chance. This involves a lot, because I believe there is only one way to do this and that is to set ALL the sails. More than I and you 2 can do.

I have something to do now, but this is something to think about. I will be back.

Ron
 
Ron1834 said:
Thank you for the warm welcome Mysteriew and Christine.

Now, about the ATMs, is this something you are currently working on? I think it is a fantastic idea!!!

No, Christine, my goal is to get the SurferQuest Internet Kiosk in a lot of public places like Rest Areas. We are working with a couple now and on the 18th we have a Press Conference of displaying the Missing Children in the NH rest areas. 2 more states on the East Coast are interested as well and hopefully will follow shortly afterwards.


Ron
Ron,

Is there any chance of including missing adults in the displays in the NH rest areas. There are a considerable number of missing people in ratio to the population.

Here is a link to a thread on this forum entitled Missing Young Women in NH:

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21997&page=1&pp=25

I think your idea is GREAT !


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