MTV 1st Broadcast August 1st 1981. You're Never Look at Music The Same Way Again. It was just after midnight in the early morning hours of August 1, 1981, that the fledgling Music Television network flickered to life. “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll” were the words that preceded on opening montage featuring a chunky guitar riff playing over the familiar image of an American astronaut planting an unfamiliar flag on the surface of the moon—a flag emblazoned with a big, block capital “M” and t
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MTV 1st Broadcast August 1st 1981. You're Never Look at Music The Same Way Again. It was just after midnight in the early morning hours of August 1, 1981, that the fledgling Music Television network flickered to life. “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll” were the words that preceded on opening montage featuring a chunky guitar riff playing over the familiar image of an American astronaut planting an unfamiliar flag on the surface of the moon—a flag emblazoned with a big, block capital “M” and t
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The very first music video to air on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles, broadcast at exactly 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981. 🎶📺 That single moment marked the beginning of a new era in music and pop culture. - #mtv #videokilledtheradiostar #thebuggles #musicfacts | How History Is Created
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The very first music video to air on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles, broadcast at exactly 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981. 🎶📺 That single moment marked the beginning of a new era in music and pop culture. - #mtv #videokilledtheradiostar #thebuggles #musicfacts | How History Is Created
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MTV's first day of broadcast, 1981🎬 Could you believe this was over 40 years ago? You may not remember how big of a change this was at the time for how music moved through culture. It's especially weird looking back on this now, with how rapidly everything has been changing over the last few years in how we consume media. Could you name the first track they played on this first broadcast without looking it up? Very iconic #mtv #mtv90s #mtvclassic #mtvthrowback #musicvideos #musictelevision #90s
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MTV's first day of broadcast, 1981🎬 Could you believe this was over 40 years ago? You may not remember how big of a change this was at the time for how music moved through culture. It's especially weird looking back on this now, with how rapidly everything has been changing over the last few years in how we consume media. Could you name the first track they played on this first broadcast without looking it up? Very iconic #mtv #mtv90s #mtvclassic #mtvthrowback #musicvideos #musictelevision #90s
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MTV made its debut 41 years ago today on August 1, 1981.
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On this day in 1981 MTV launched by playing its first music video, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’!📺 🎧 Bring yourself back in time and listen to The 80's Radio on the free Audacy app: auda.cy/80sRadio | Audacy
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TODAY IN ROCK HISTORY August 1, 1981 MTV launches in America, changing music history forever. Here are the VJ introductions from their very first moments on the air.
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The first broadcast of MTV on August 1, 1981. Sad to see all of the MTV music channels go off the air! Myself, like everybody else that grew up in the 1980s and 90s watched all the music videos that were on MTV! Although the main MTV channel is still in the air. It only airs reality shows now! It really is the end of an era! Reality TV killed the Music Video Star I guess☹️ #mtv #musicvideos #thisistheend #fyp #tiktok
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