Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station PBS Air Date Announced

Posted By Matt Artz on June 3, 2013

PBS affiliate UNC-TV was in the area in April filming a special featuring the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site and Museum, and now the air date has just been announced.

On the National Register of Historic Places, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is the largest, most complete United States Life Saving Service (USLSS) complex in the country.

The first operational station in North Carolina, it is one of only two 1874 USLSS stations in the nation open to the public.

The Special featuring the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station will premiere on Thursday, June 20 at 9pm, and will air again the following day, on Friday, June 21 at 8:30pm on local PBS affiliate UNC-TV.

UNC-TV was at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in April filming a special to air in June.

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Posted by Matt Artz

Matt Artz was a lead reporter and photographer for 'The Coastland Times' newspaper from 2000 to 2009, and has been published in the Outer Banks Sentinel, North Beach Sun, Outer Banks Milepost, among others, before launching OBX Entertainment, NC Film News, and Halloween Daily News in 2012. Matt and Sue Artz are also the founders of the annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade and the Halloween International Film Festival.