Happy Birthday MTV Thanks For the Occasional Video. MTV`s First Broadcast took place on August 1, 1981 at 12:00 AM, back when they played videos from time to time.
Saturday, August 2, 2008 9:17:23 AM
"but, mtv still does show music videos. almost all the time. from 4am to 11am all they play is music videos. they actually have a 8 hour long show called 'music videos`..."
Almost "all the time"? Since when is an 8hr block when everyone in the country is asleep/going to work or school "all the time"
MTV used to play videos 24/7. TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY. They went from that to the 8 hours of the day when nobody watches tv? And you say that`s not half bad...no its not half bad.
Saturday, August 2, 2008 7:08:43 AM
Awww, I miss J.J. Jackson! R.I.P. J.J. You were my favorite VJ.
The only thing that sucked about the very early days of MTV was that there were so few videos that they played the same ones all the time. They were just scrambling to get new videos on the air. The best thing was that it introduced people to so many different bands that they probably would have never known about.