This month UNC-TV’s newest show celebrating slices of Carolina life, My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina, features stories about the fascinating people, places and things found along eastern North Carolina’s interesting outposts and inlets. Coastal Production Company, of Wanchese, has produced over 75 different My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina programs since 2000. Segments from these programs comprise the new, hour-long versions airing Sunday afternoons, at 1, on UNC-TV.

Kicking off the month, Sunday, October 1, at 1 PM, Lake Mattamuskeet Swan Days—Hyde County celebrates the return of waterfowl to this swampy refuge where the legendary lake rarely exceeds a depth of five feet. Other segments of this episode include visits to the Elizabethan Gardens—Roanoke Island and the Intracoastal Waterway—Pasquotank, Camden & Currituck Counties.

Enjoy more enlightening and inspiring shows on October’s remaining Sunday afternoons. Explore the Belhaven Memorial Museum, Frisco Jubilee and Outer Banks Speedway—Washington County on October 8. Discover NC Artist Bill Nelson, the Newbold White House—Hartford and John Gaskill—Bodie Island Lighthouse on October 15; tour the Jeffcoat Museum—Murfreesboro, Nags Head Woods and Chowan County Courthouse on October 22; and learn about Jackson, Hunter Safety—Washington County and the Outer Banks History Center—Manteo on October 29.

Ken Mann, president of Coastal Production Company, hosts the program and serves as its executive director. Born and raised in northeastern North Carolina, Mann actively participates in the community and has received “The Order of the Long Leaf Pine,” one of North Carolina’s highest awards. A composer and musician, Mann’s My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina theme appears on his album Songs and Legends of the Outer Banks. Mann co-wrote the song, along with Billy Edd Wheeler, Paul Craft and the late guitar legend Chet Atkins.

Director of videography Bob Boyer retired to North Carolina in 1999 after four decades of network and local television news, documentary and production experience, most recently with NBC in Washington DC. His photography and editing skills have been recognized with a Peabody Award and a New York Film Festival Gold Award.

See My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina Sunday afternoons, at 1. For more information, visit
www.unctv.org/pressroom or www.obxtv.com/index.html.

For more information about My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina and other UNC-TV programming, visit UNC-TV online at www.unctv.org. UNC-TV’s 11 stations comprise North Carolina’s only statewide television network, made possible through a unique partnership of public investment and private support. UNC-TV is committed to producing and broadcasting programs for and about North Carolina, making it the state’s most important source of information about North Carolina.

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