"Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time.
A music video blast from the tech past—resurrected and modernized for 2026. Call it the day the music died. On December 31, 2025, MTV’s last music-only stations shut down forever​.
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 ...
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