My Heart Will Always Be In Carolina

Discover the fascinating people, places and things found along eastern North Carolina’s interesting outposts and inlets on My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina. My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina, produced by Coastal Production Company of Wanchese, NC, features stories about people, places and things, from northeastern North Carolina. Northeastern North Carolina native Ken Mann, president of Coastal Production Company, hosts the program and serves as its executive director. 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 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 earned a Peabody Award and New York Film Festival Gold Award.

"TCOM Blimp Base"
Most North Carolinians are probable not aware that at one time the largest wooden building in the world was in Elizabeth City North Carolina. It was a blimp hanger build by the Navy for World War II. The hanger burned to the ground, but today blimps and aerostats are still being built on the old base by TCOM. These great balloons are being used for private and military jobs around the world.