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).

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.

2009年11月13日 · 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.” The...

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...

2016年8月1日 · 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 heard of.

4 天之前 · MTV, cable television network that began as a 24-hour platform for music videos. 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.

2021年7月28日 · Here are the first 100 videos that MTV played Aug. 1, 1981. 1. “Video Killed the Radio Star,” The Buggles. 2. “You Better Run,” Pat Benatar. 3. “She Won’t Dance With Me,” Rod Stewart. 4. “You Better You Bet,” The Who. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. 5. “Little Suzi’s on the Up,” Ph.D. 6.

2019年2月16日 · Music Television, or MTV, was launched on August 1st, 1981 and was a channel created by Viacom Media Networks. This all really starts in 1977 with the possibility of the creation of specialty channels. Warner Cable, which was a division of Warner Communications, had launched the first two-way interactive cable television system in Columbus, Ohio.

2011年8月2日 · On August 1, 1981, MTV took to the U.S. air­waves, for­ev­er chang­ing the land­scape of Amer­i­can music and pop cul­ture. If you were around then, you’ll remem­ber the Apol­lo 11 moon land­ing, the astro­naut plant­i­ng the MTV flag on the moon’s sur­face, and then the first apt­ly picked video — the Bug­gles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star.”

On August 1, 1981, the Music Television Network aired its very first broadcast. It opens with footage of the Apollo 11 rocket launch and transitions to an astronaut planting an MTV flag on the moon. An announcement from MTV creator John Lack chimes in–“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll”–and the rest is history.