How MTV stopped playing music — and lost its relevance
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NEW YORK POSTChuck Arnold
How MTV stopped playing music — and lost its relevance
Forty years after MTV launched, there is a whole generation of young people who don’t know that the network ever even once played music videos — or music period. How did that happen?
Jun 29, 2021
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The very first music video to air on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles, broadcast at exactly 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981. 🎶📺 That single moment marked the beginning of a new era in music and pop culture. - #mtv #videokilledtheradiostar #thebuggles #musicfacts | How History Is Created
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