The iconic cable television channel, first launched in a small section of the East Coast on Aug. 1, 1981.

When MTV launched in 1981, it introduced viewers to a new generation of artists—including an overlooked new wave classic.

On August 1, 1981, just after midnight, a new cable network called MTV, Music Television, went on the air for the very first time with these words by one of MTV’s creators, John Lack, “Ladies […] ...

MTV's first show took place nearly half a century ago, with many having forgotten about the moment the channel 'changed the ...

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MTV's music-only channels all but went dark on New Year's Eve in 2025. The network did a fitting send-off for seven of its ...

Ah, yes! The 1980s and the 1990s didn’t just represent a truly memorable, magnificent, and simply golden era for cinema—oh no ...

If you were an 80s kid, you definitely listened to these hit songs while riding in the family car on the way to school on ...

For anyone who came of age in the era of big hair, mixtapes and MTV, the walls of their bedrooms were sacred spaces to show off their love for the ultimate teen idols. From pop sensations and film ...