World’s first music channel MTV turns 25
MTV, which launched as the world’s first music channel, celebrates its 25th birthday today, now boasting 78 music channels worldwide and a global audience of 481.5 million.
The station kicked off at midnight August 1, 1981 with footage of a rocket blasting from Cape Canaveral and VJ Alan Goodman announcing, “Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll”.
Elton John marked the launch of MTV Europe in 1987 with Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing as the inaugural video, then in 1997 MTV UK was launched and hosted by stars such as Cat Deeley and...
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