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MTV is an American cable television channel which was the first television channel dedicated to music, music industry and history in the United States upon its founding in 1981. MTV Networks has since produced various original television shows, many of which concern genres unrelated to music.
Aug 2, 2021 · Published: August 2, 2021 9:32am EDT. MTV’s first broadcast on August 1 1981 opened with footage of a shuttle launch and the words “ladies and gentleman, rock and roll”. The first song ...
Aug 31, 2021 · At 40, MTV Is Officially Over the Hill. Born in 1981, the network soon grew to include reality TV and the VMAs. But nothing compares to its glory days of 24/7 music videos. A flag in New York City ...
Aug 2, 2021 · Although MTV has more recently become synonymous with reality TV and cheap clip shows, there was a time when the network truly did live up to its name. And it all began at 12:01 a.m. on August 1 ...
Aug 5, 2021 · It's an incredible deep dive into the formation and early years of the music video channel. In their engrossing oral history, they talked to hundreds of artists, former VJs and key players at MTV ...
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. MTVMTV (Music Television) is truly one of the most important pop culture phenomena of the late twentieth century. As a medium, it united the two most important popular culture developments of the post-World War II era: rock 'n' roll and television.
Nov 13, 2009 · On August 1, 1981, MTV: Music Television goes on the air for the first time ever, with the words (spoken by one of MTV’s creators, John Lack): “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.”
