Time to take things allllll the way back! Before the 2022 #MTVAwards get underway June 5 at 8p on MTV, it's only right that we look back on where the show began. ⏮ Grab your popcorn and check out the highlights from the VERY FIRST MTV Movie Awards, 30 years ago! 🎬 | MTV
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Time to take things allllll the way back! Before the 2022 #MTVAwards get underway June 5 at 8p on MTV, it's only right that we look back on where the show began. ⏮ Grab your popcorn and check out the highlights from the VERY FIRST MTV Movie Awards, 30 years ago! 🎬 | MTV
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MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981)
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MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, 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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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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40 years ago today, MTV launched on cable TV, and the first few minutes looked something like this! How much did you watch MTV growing up? | Dueling Decades
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40 years ago today, MTV launched on cable TV, and the first few minutes looked something like this! How much did you watch MTV growing up? | Dueling Decades
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On this date in 1981, MTV launched in America. The first video they played was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles (1 Aug 1981). In the summer of 1981, music was about to change forever. On 1 August at 12:01 am, MTV flickered to life on cable television, playing the prophetic "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. As the first words echoed from television speakers across America - "I heard you on the wireless back in '52" - it was clear a revolution had begun. MTV brought the mus
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On this date in 1981, MTV launched in America. The first video they played was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles (1 Aug 1981). In the summer of 1981, music was about to change forever. On 1 August at 12:01 am, MTV flickered to life on cable television, playing the prophetic "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. As the first words echoed from television speakers across America - "I heard you on the wireless back in '52" - it was clear a revolution had begun. MTV brought the mus
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This was the first music video played when MTV went on the air in 1981: “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll”
This was the first music video played when MTV went on the air in 1981: “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll”
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Instead of attending college, composer Hans Zimmer became a rock-n-roller, performing with the band The Buggles. Together, they made pop history in 1981 as the first group to air a music video on MTV with the group’s song “Video Killed The Radio Star.” https://cbsn.ws/3ZoaLPq | 60 Minutes
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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 Debuted this Day in 1981. These Are the First 10 Music Videos Played!
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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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MTv’s Last Day Launched on August 1, 1981 MTV played their first video video killed the radio star Everyone was talking about the different videos that were playing. It made the visual images as important as the song you were listening to. It forced all bands and singers to develop stage presence for the cameras. So many videos became iconic and major events when they premiered such as ones by Michael Jackson and Madonna. Others pushed technology advances like take on me and money for nothing. M
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