Valerie van heest - Television Appearances

BIOGRAPHY

Valerie van Heest with Don Wildman

CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD - HISTORY CHANNEL
March 17, 2008

Valerie van Heest - Cities of the Underworld

In an episode first aired on March 17, 2008, CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD travels to Chicago to explore beneath the city and beneath the lake to the wreck of the 3-masted schooner Wells Burt. Host Don Wildman, a diver, joins Valerie van Heest, who led the original survey of the vessel in 1989 right after its discovery, to take a closer look at what sank this once proud cargo vessel in May 1883.

MISSING REWARD - HOSTED BY STACY KEECH
Summer 1989

Valerie is interviewed by the host about the theft of ten artifacts from the schooner shipwreck Wells Burt. The State of Illinois offered a reward for any information leading to the arrest of the divres responsible.

SELECTED TELEVISION AND NEWS APPEARANCES

Apr. 2010	Fox News - Two Schooners Found
Sep. 20, 2009	Fox TV News-- Griffon Court Case.
Sep. 18, 2008	NPR-- Flight 2501 Mass grave found.
Sep. 16, 2008	Michigan Public Radio with Charity Nebbe. Flight 2501 mass grave found.
Sep. 12, 2008	WGVU radio with David Moore. Flight 2501 mass grave found.
April, 2008	WZZM Take 5 with Stepahnie Webb. Promoting the book, Icebound.
Mar 19, 2008	WZZM Take Five Live Interview. Icebound Book and Program.
Mar. 19, 2008	WGVU/ NPR Radio Interview w/ Shelly Irvine. Icebound Book and Program.
Mar. 17, 2008	The History Channel: Cities of the Underworld with Don Wildman.
Feb. 21, 2008	Radio Interview Minneapolis, MN. Icebound Book and Program.
May 2007	WWMT Kalamazoo News 3. Update -- Search for Northwest Flight 2501.
May 2006	WWMT Kalamazoo News 3. Search for Northwest Flight 2501.
July 2006	WWMT Kalamazoo News 3. Hennepin, Barge, Schooner Discoveries.
July 2006	WZZM Grand Rapids News 13. Hennepin, Barge, Schooner Discoveries.
Mar. 16, 2006	WZZM News 13 Grand Rapids. Real Life-- Real People. Woman Diver of Fame.
July 2005	WWMT Kalamazoo New 3.Michigan and Ann Arbor Discoveries.
May 07, 2005	WXMI Fox News 17 with Dan Krauth. Flight 2501 Search.
May 2005	Wood TV8 Grand Rapids with Jam Sardar. Flight 2501 Search.
May 2005	WZZM13 Grand Rapids with Linda Paige. Flight 2501 Search.
May 2005	WWMT News 3 with Leslie Randall. Flight 2501 Search.
June 2002	Wood TV8 Grand Rapids with Mia Shay.Akeley Discovery announcement.
June 2002	WZZM News 13 Grand Rapids with Chris Tye. Akeley Discovery.
Sept. 2001	WWMT Kalamazoo News 3 with Kelsey Carlson. Shipwreck Discovery.
July 1998	WWMT Kalamazoo News 3 with Kelsey Carlson. Chicora Search Continues.
Summer 1993	CBS News 2 Chicago with Bill Curtis. Under Lake Michigan News Special.
Summer 1992	Illinois Adventure. Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Co. Segment.
Summer 1990	WFLD TV Fox 32 Chicago. Wells Burt Theft.
Summer 1989	Missing Reward Nationally Syndicated Series with Host Stacy Keach-
Summer 1989	WMAQ News 5 Chicago with Jackie Bang. Wells Burt.
May 30, 1989	On The Bench-- Cable Talk Show. 30 Minute segment on the Wells Burt

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