Music Television Blasts Off
MTV Hits Popular Culture Like an Earthquake
Music Television, known around the world as MTV, makes its debut just after midnight on August 1, 1981 and is only available to homes in some parts of New York City. Created by John Lack and Robert Pittman, the show was based on a New Zealand program called Radio in Pictures.
The first show began with John Lack saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and rol…
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