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WATCH | This was the first music video played on MTV in 1981
MTV launched on 1 August 1981, making it's imprint on pop music and changing pop culture forever.
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42 years ago today, at 12:01 AM, MTV premiered for the very first time. The first song they played? Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles. Pay homage. | Homage
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42 years ago today, at 12:01 AM, MTV premiered for the very first time. The first song they played? Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles. Pay homage. | Homage
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Watch the First Two Hours of MTV Ever Broadcast
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Time to take things allllll the way back! Before the 2022 #MTVAwards get underway June 5 at 8p on MTV, it's only right that we look back on where the show began. ⏮ Grab your popcorn and check out the highlights from the VERY FIRST MTV Movie Awards, 30 years ago! 🎬 | MTV
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Time to take things allllll the way back! Before the 2022 #MTVAwards get underway June 5 at 8p on MTV, it's only right that we look back on where the show began. ⏮ Grab your popcorn and check out the highlights from the VERY FIRST MTV Movie Awards, 30 years ago! 🎬 | MTV
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Instead of attending college, composer Hans Zimmer became a rock-n-roller, performing with the band The Buggles. Together, they made pop history in 1981 as the first group to air a music video on MTV with the group’s song “Video Killed The Radio Star.” https://cbsn.ws/3ZoaLPq | 60 Minutes
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Instead of attending college, composer Hans Zimmer became a rock-n-roller, performing with the band The Buggles. Together, they made pop history in 1981 as the first group to air a music video on MTV with the group’s song “Video Killed The Radio Star.” https://cbsn.ws/3ZoaLPq | 60 Minutes
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The First 10 Videos Played on MTV: Rewind the Videotape to August 1, 1981
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On this day in 1981 MTV launched by playing its first music video, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’!📺 🎧 Bring yourself back in time and listen to The 80's Radio on the free Audacy app: auda.cy/80sRadio | Audacy
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On this day in 1981 MTV launched by playing its first music video, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’!📺 🎧 Bring yourself back in time and listen to The 80's Radio on the free Audacy app: auda.cy/80sRadio | Audacy
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Instead of attending college, composer Hans Zimmer became a rock-n-roller, performing with the band The Buggles. Together, they made pop history in 1981 as the first group to air a music video on MTV with the group’s song “Video Killed The Radio Star.” https://cbsn.ws/3ZoaLPq | 60 Minutes
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The First 10 Videos Played on MTV: Rewind the Videotape to August 1, 1981
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On this day in 1981 MTV launched by playing its first music video, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’!📺 🎧 Bring yourself back in time and listen to The 80's Radio on the free Audacy app: auda.cy/80sRadio | Audacy
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2.1K views · 34 reactions | August 1, 1981: 40 years ago today, MTV was launched on cable. Its first music video, fittingly, was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. The network has adapted over the years but still has people saying “I want my MTV!” (: ViacomCBS) #ThisDayInHistory | Max Lewis | Facebook
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