This Day In History

August 1st – MTV Airs its First Video


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“Video Killed the Radio Star” airs at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981, to become the first music video shown on MTV. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the very first music video to be shown on MTV on this day in 1981. The Buggles hit single, “Video Killed the Radio Star“, was...
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