Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair ...

MTV hits the airwaves with the video for Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star.” Most of the country has no idea it’s happening. Dec. 2, 1983 Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video debuts, and MJ scares ...

MTV is known for debuting quite a few stellar music videos for high-charting songs in pop, rock, and hip-hop. Country songs didn’t make it to MTV often in the early days of music-videos-only ...

You might be surprised to know, however, that several acts/artists who filled out the programming that day had been around the block and then some. These four veterans took their place among the ...

As a teenager, it’s hard to imagine a world without MTV-a world barren of pop icons, visually imaginative videos, game shows, after school programs, steamy nighttime soaps and bawdy awards shows.

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video. More than four ...

1981 gave us power pop anthems, synth-driven hits, and soul-stirring ballads that defined early MTV culture. This quick quiz tests your knowledge of that unforgettable year in music. Each question ...

One minute after midnight on August 1, 1981 the worlds of music and television forever changed when a brand-new cable network called MTV was born. Born into only a few thousand households in New ...