Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair ...

Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated, but they got us thinking about the network's legacy and most memorable moments. So on this episode of All Songs Considered, we ...

An old-school MTV experience has made its way onto the Internet (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MTV Rewind streams 35,000+ classic music videos, bypassing ads, algorithms, and logins ...

You might be surprised to know, however, that several acts/artists who filled out the programming that day had been around the block and then some. These four veterans took their place among the ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

When The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired on August 1, 1981, it marked a historic moment for both television and music. The day marked the launch of the Music Television ...

Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated; but it got us thinking about the network’s legacy and most memorable moments.... What are the greatest videos of MTV’s golden era?