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MTV Turns 30, Watch Its First Hour

On this day in 1981 an ambitious cable television network debuted with footage of the Apollo 11 launch and a promise from then unknown video jockey Mark Goodman that “you’ll never look at music the same way again.” Then Rod Stewart and contemporaries (but mostly Rod Stewart) lip-synched on the screens of the few northern [...]

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12:53 on August 1 2011

MTV Turns 30, Watch Its First Hour

Stereogum — On this day in 1981 an ambitious cable television network debuted with footage of the Apollo 11 launch and a promise from then unknown video jockey Mark Goodman that “y... more info
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