This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981. MTV's first day on the air was rebroadcast on VH1 Classic in 2006 and again in 2011 (the latter celebrating the channel's 30th anniversary).

Aug 1, 2016 · MTV went on the air on this day 35 years ago, August 1, 1981. Here are the first 10 songs played on the music channel. Some of them you know very well, while others you may have never...

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.”

On this day in 1981, at exactly 12:01 am, MTV made its broadcast debut with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll." The MTV concept launched a cultural revolution, and its unexpected...

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel. It serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, which is part of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.

MTV, originally an initialism of Music Television, is an American cable television channel that launched on August 1, 1981 by Warner Communications. It is currently owned by Paramount Global, and is one of the company's flagship brands. MTV's original focus was on music-related programming, including blocks of music videos.

4 days ago · MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981, with the broadcast of “ Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. Following the format of Top 40 radio, video disc jockeys (or “veejays”) introduced videos and bantered about music news between clips.

Dec 31, 2014 · MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981) by MTV. Publication date 1981-08-01 Language English Item Size 1.2G . Note: Tape is edited. Many ad breaks are gone, one video has ""ORIGINAL SEGMENT MISSING"" overlaid, and we come out of a video and Mark names a different video. All spots for The Movie Channel seem to have the same ...

Nov 6, 2011 · MTV went on the air with those words, a minute after midnight on Aug. 1, 1981. The first video was, of course, "Video Killed the Radio Star," by the Buggles. Few people saw the fledgling...

Aug 1, 2016 · On that day, 35 years ago, a cable TV channel that played music videos around the clock made its debut. It's funny to think about now, but there was a time — for about the first decade of the...