MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...
MTV’s global music channels may no longer be around as of the end of 2025, but the dream of an endless stream of classic ...
"MTV was a cultural institution that changed music, fashion and youth culture. Then they stopped showing music videos and became reality TV,” Flexasaurus Rex said. “I felt a wave of sadness when the ...
At the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV employees congregated around half a dozen TV sets in Fort Lee, New Jersey. No cable operator in Manhattan yet carried the inchoate station, so ...