THE START OF MTV

"LADIES and Gentleman, Rock and ROll" - John Lack, an MTV co-creator

the first ever words spoken on mtv

(Wikipedia contributors, “MTV.”)

video 2 1981 - Made with Clipchamp_1711463425395.mp4

THE FIRST VIDEO

the first video ever played on mtv was the song "Video killed the radio star" by the british new wave band The Buggles. after its release, the song topped 16 international music charts but only #40 in the us. the song is ranked #40 on vh1's "100 greatest one-hit-wonders of the 80s." (Wikipedia contributors, “Video Killed the Radio Star.”)

The people that helped make mtv happen

THE VIDEO JOCKEYS

MTV's music videos were introduced and talked about by "Vjs" (veejays). A vj is a video jockey. The vjs job was to talk about music news, do artists interviews, do promotions for bands, companies, and solo artists, and bring more people to concert scenes. MTV had 5 original vjs in 1981, all picked to bring in a certain youth demographic. (Wikipedia contributors, “MTV.”)