Anniversary of first radio transmission across Atlantic that happened at Outer Banks

WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO

PROTECT YOUR FAMILY COMING UP

ON NIGHTLY NEWS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DECEMBER 12th, 1901,

TOMORROW, THE ANNIVERSARY OF

THE FIRST RADIO TRANSMISSION

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

>> TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HILL

TRAVELER IN BOSTON.

SCOTT MASON WITH THE STORY OF A

RADIO PIONEER WHO MADE HISTORY

FROM THE OUTER BANKS.

>> MANAGE FLYING THROUGH THE

WORLD.

THE FIRST FLIGHT.

>> EDDISON INVENTED THE

LIGHTBULB.

>> HE JOURNEYED TO THE OUTER

BANKS IN 1901.

>> KIND OF FELT THE WEIGHT OF

THE WORLD OFF HIS SHOULDERS.

>> IT WAS REMOVED.

THE PERFECT PLACE TO TRY HIS

EXPERIMENTS.

>> COULD HE HAVE DONE THOSE IN

NEW YORK CITY?

NO.

TOO MUCH INTERFERENCE THERE.

>> SESSIONED IN TWO

TRANSMISSION TOWERED AND

POWERED UP.

>> HE SENT A SUBMISSION FROM

ONE TOWER TO ANOTHER?

>> YEAH, ABOUT 38 MILES OVER

WATER.

>> HE SUPPOSEDLY TRANSMITTED

SEVEN MUSICAL NOTES.

>> IT WAS THE FIRST

COMMUNICATION DONE BEFORE MARK

ELLIOTT.

>> MARK WIDELY CONSIDERED THE

FATHER OF RID OWE BUT HE WAS

FIRST FLYING.

>> PEOPLE ON THE OUTER BANKS

NEW HIM.

>> THE WRIGHTS WERE ON THE

OUTER BANKS AT THE SAME TIME.

>> HE REMARKED HOW THE NIGHT

SKY VIEWING WAS AS FINE AS

ANYWHERE HE THE BEEN.

>> HE SPENT ABOUT A YEAR AND A

HALF ON THE OUTER BANKS.

BUT IN TIME, THE PIONEER OF

WIRELESS RADIO.

>> IF YOU LIKE THE VIDEOS, THANK

REGINOLD.

>> I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY THE

STORIES AND THE HISTORY IN

NORTH CAROLINA.

>> I KNOW.

EVERYBODY HAS A LINK TO NORTH

CAROLINA IN SOME WAY OR

FASHION.

>> HE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM