MTV begins broadcasting in the United States in 1981
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At the time my peer group viewed it as one of these forward thinking models for television and entertainment.
It was pretty much a juke box environment of music videos interspersed with musical news and various program elements involving personalities, venues, musicians, and current events.
My favorite character on this program was Kennedy, who I thought exhibited exceptional insight and had a presence which spoke volumes during those times she was on the air.
In 1981 the station began with a video called "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. I went through more videos that I can count prior to forgetting about MTV right about that time I ended up on the West coast with a computer gig.
Music Television was based in New York City and was some subsidiary of Viacom. It rapidly grew to prominence in the popularity contest which is mass media communications such as those involving television and radio programming.
Now the program has devolved into various concert items and a hot buttered horeshit selection of reality programs where if the cast of characters doesn't nauseate you the lack of plot and interactivity is as dismal as that nothing the entire network has become.
Not doing MTV anymore for cause.