MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the network will play exclusively music videos, but there's a catch. Here ...

This decision came into play after a consistent decline in viewership, with people preferring YouTube and social media over television. "Billie Jean" broke the racial barrier in 1983, with a heavy ...

MTV changed music forever. After the advent of the network, artists had to think about the visual aspect of their craft—something that seems to supersede all else these days. While we may have taken ...

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...

The site connects to YouTube playlists, giving users access to more than 33,000 music videos from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and today. Free of ads (aside from some period-specific Rainier Beer spots) and ...

Before it became a dumping ground for terrible reality TV, MTV was a cultural phenomenon. If you didn't grow up with it, the impact is hard to convey. The constant stream of music videos made our ...

Several MTV music channels, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live, officially stopped broadcasting on ...

When The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired on August 1, 1981, it marked a historic moment for both television and music. The day marked the launch of the Music Television ...

In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...