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Print Media
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  • Blue Ridge Thunder Strikes Again

    • 20 April 2001    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Sheriff Brown Presents Awards

    • 28 February 2001    The Bedford (Va.) Bulletin
     
  • Program to protect kids online

    • 29 October 2000    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • War on Web crime raises entrapment questions

    • 22 October 2000    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • BRT to be featured on CBS' 48 Hours on 30 March 2000

    • 11 February 2000    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Sexual predator gets prison term

    • 14 January 2000    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Brown easily wins second term

    • 3 November 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Bedford sheriff takes lead against online child abusers

    • 29 October 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Roanoke Times endorses Sheriff Mike Brown

    • 21 October 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Bedford hopes D.C. trip pays off

    • 4 October 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Bedford Internet police hit Washington

    • 1 October 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Bedford County targets child predators in cyberspace

    • 15 September 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Pornography fight going to Washington

    • 12 September 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Bedford County, state officials team up against [child] pornography

    • 5 August 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Sheriff's Office honored

    • 28 July 1999    The Bedford (Va.) Bulletin
     
  • Bedford sheriff's office accredited

    • 23 July 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Bedford County Sheriff's Office earns accreditation

    • 23 July 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times

    Online Crime hits BRT Task Force Member -- BRT Fights Back:

  • The Dark Side of Online Shopping

    • 24 June 1999    MSNBC
     
  • Small Agency, Big Stick

    • Summer1999    The National Reporter -- International Police Association
     
  • Avalanche takes field for Web safety program

    • 22 May 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Sheriff to expand Internet program

    • 7 May 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • When the Thunder Strikes

    • May 1999    The National Liberty Journal
     
  • Bedford porn unit nets third arrest [in two months]

    • 17 April 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Man charged with attempting to solicit 13-year-old on Internet

    • 17 April 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Man facing child pornography charge

    • 9 April 1999    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Man charged with dealing in child porn

    • 9 April 1999    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Sheriff unveils new plans in war against on-line crime

    • 7 April 1999    The Bedford (Va.) Bulletin
     
  • Goodlatte applauds Bedford's program

    • 2 April 1999     The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Sheriff to fight online crime by teaching safe surfing

    • 2 April 1999     The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Ex-Caperton aide faces sex charges

    • 22 February 1999     (Martinsburg, W.Va.)  The Journal
     
  • Counties get grants to go after pedophiles on the Internet

    • 12 October 1998     County News,  Nat'l. Assoc. of Counties
     
  • Bedford Internet patrol gets boost

    • 7 October 1998    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
  • Bedford gets $200,000 to fight Internet child porn

    • 6 October 1998    The Lynchburg (Va.) News and Advance
     
  • Sheriff's Dept. lauded for 'Operation Blue Ridge Thunder'

    • 16 September 1998    The Bedford (Va.) Bulletin
     
  • Fighting computer filth with computers

    • 14 September 1998    The Roanoke (Va.) Times
     
     

    Broadcast Media

    Operation Blue Ridge Thunder has been featured on the following broadcasts:


    BQ View with Blanquita Cullum

    Common Sense Radio with Oliver North

    Janet Parshall's America
     

    TalkBack with Randy Johnson
     

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    American Family Radio --167 Stations, and growing!
     
     

    capWMALabcChip Franklin
    Our own Don Garlock, Jr. has appeared (June 1999) on the wildly-popular 8-to-midnight broadcast of The Chip Franklin Show on WMAL-ABC-AM Radio 630, Washington, D.C.  Chip Franklin also has his own wacky website.  Note:  Chip Franklin has subsequently moved to WBAL--Baltimore.
     

    foxnews  The Fox News Channel:  Danger on the Highway -- The Internet (One-hour Special).  Originally aired several times over Labor Day weekend, 1999.  Don Garlock, Jr. was interviewed regarding the electronic theft and fraudulent use (by perpetrators in southeast Asia) of his bank card number online... and how his bank account was wiped out -- at the behest of the criminals -- by the world's largest online retailer in a matter of days.  This is a must-see special if you shop online.

    Tuesday, 9 November

    Internet Poses Opportunity and Risk: National Online Videoconference to Address Cybersafety for Children and Teens

    The Department of Justice--Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
         (OJJDP), with the support of the National School Boards Association (NSBA), and the
         National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) hosted a national satellite
         videoconference to address cybersafety for children and teens on Tuesday, November 9 and
         aired twice to cover all time zones. 

                                                Broadcast #1             Broadcast #2 
                                                6:30-8:00 PM EST      8:30-10:00 PM EST 
                                                5:30-7:00 PM CST      7:30-9:00   PM CST 
                                                4:30-6:00 PM MST      6:30-8:00   PM MST 
                                                3:30-5:00 PM PST       5:30-7:00   PM PST 

          The videoconference was broadcast live via satellite by Eastern Kentucky University's
          Training Resource Center and was simulcast live on the net by Screened Images
          Multimedia through its Juvenile Information Net website.

    NOTE:  An archived version of the broadcast may be viewed at www.juvenilenet.org. 

    48 hrs.CBS --- 48 HOURS:  Operation Blue Ridge Thunder was featured on a broadcast of CBS' popular newsmagazine, 48 Hours.  It aired Thursday, 30 March, 2000 on CBS.
     

    DATELINE --- 15 July 2000.  Operation Blue Ridge Thunder was featured on a 2-hour IMG webcast entitled, "Stopping Child Pornography on the Internet," on The Webmaster Show, which is audio-archived.  (.asx format)

    Listen to Hour One
    Listen to Hour Two

    TLC "Best Kept Secrets of the Internet"
    (One-hour Documentary)  ---  The Learning Channel

    15 March 2001 @ 10:00 pm Eastern
    16 March 2001 @ 1:00 am Eastern

    Check your local listings!

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    Hometown Airwaves
    Operation Blue Ridge Thunder has also earned
    broad coverage on the local broadcast media:
     

    WDBJ7WDBJ 7 (CBS Affiliate)  Roanoke, Virginia
     
     

    WSLSWSLS NewsChannel 10 (NBC Affiliate) Roanoke, Virginia
     
     

    WSETWSET 13 (ABC Affiliate)  Lynchburg, Virginia
     
     

    Spirit FMWRXT "Spirit FM" (Ind. Radio)  Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia
     
     

    WFIR "News Radio" (CBS Affiliate)  Roanoke, Virginia
     

    and on Short-Wave Radio:

    Home Education Radio Network Idaho Springs, Colorado