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First music videos aired on MTV Number Song Artist Appearance [a] Notes 1 "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles: 1/2 First music video ever aired on MTV 2 "You Better Run" Pat Benatar: 1/2 First female artist and first lead guitarist (Neil Giraldo) 3 "She Won't Dance With Me" Rod Stewart: 1/2
MTV's original focus was on music-related programming, including blocks of music videos. As its viewership and popularity among teenagers grew, and with the eventual rise of internet -based services and platforms rendering its original format obsolete, MTV gradually scaled down its music-centric programming from the 1990s and through the 2000s.
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.
The bold new cable station captured the zeitgeist, putting the new medium of music videos at the forefront of pop culture. MTV also helped invent a brand-new on-air gig: the video jockey, a.k.a ...
Get five free MP3s from MTV for a limited time. The titles include: La Roux, "Tigerlily" Priscilla Renea, "Dollhouse" The Temper Trap, "Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix)" P.O.S., "Never Better ...
The Now Explosion was an early experiment in music video produced in Atlanta, Georgia in 1970, more than a decade before MTV was launched. The program was televised in Atlanta on WATL -TV and, later, WTCG-TV (now WPCH-TV ).
When MTV premiered in 1981, music videos were a novelty; a network that played them 24/7 appealed even to cynical Gen Xers. But the format wasn't conducive to setting competitive ad rates: The ...
Videos dating from the 1970s and early 1980s are de-emphasized, or have been removed from the playlist entirely. Unlike the original MTV version of 120 Minutes which featured a host introducing videos and occasional interviews and live performances, the VH1 Classic and MTV Classic versions of the program are exclusively music video blocks.