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MTV Returns to Original ‘80s Music Video Format for One Week, But There's a Catch

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the ...
WLWT

MTV to shut down some of its music channels

MTV will stop broadcasting on five music channels in the United Kingdom, according to reports. MTV will be shutting down MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels on Dec. 31, BBC and ...
American Songwriter

3 MTV Music Videos That Made You Rush Home After School in the 1980s

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...
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MTV music channels go dark the way they began, with ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...
Classical Music

The 1980s was the golden age of the music video. Here are 15 DEFINING '80s videos

Music videos came of age in the 1980s – where promotional clips had usually been perfunctory mimed performances, the advent of MTV led to an explosion of ideas, ambition and – most importantly – ...
American Songwriter

3 Aerosmith Music Videos That Ruled MTV in the Late 1980s

MTV helped bring music videos to the masses. Artists rose to the occasion, creating timeless videos for the network to play on repeat. While we’d shy away from crowning one band as the greatest music ...
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MTV Returns to Original ‘80s Music Video Format for One Week, But There's a Catch

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 ...