A reflection on music videos' glory days -- as MTV shuts down channels. In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with ...

MTV is attempting to pull out all of the stops leading up to the 2025 Video Music Awards. In a move to celebrate the network’s legacy, reps on Friday announced that current and classic music videos ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards show is here. LL Cool J -- a VMA Award winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and hip-hop ...

Martha Quinn was taken aback when she heard what the final video on MTV’s music channels was—because it was the same video that launched the music television channel in 1981. On Dec. 31, 2025, MTV ...

You watch a 14-minute music video and suddenly the way music appears on television feels different forever. The debut of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on MTV in 1983 fused cinematic storytelling, ...

Starting Monday (Sept. 1), several MTV channels will kick off a week of airing current and classic music videos 24/7. The move is designed to celebrate MTV's legacy and to promote the 2025 MTV Video ...

Alongside many other vital pieces of ‘80s and ‘90s memorabilia, MTV has officially rung its bell. While its main channel, famously housing reality shows and reruns, will continue to operate, all ...

MTV 24-hour music channels shutdown bringing nostalgia for the music videos and a golden age when Michael Jackson was King of Pop. But MTV worked for the record labels, not music fans.

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time.