MTV

MTV History  August 1, 1981  On air hosts known as VJs  Target audience- young adults  Purpose was to be music television- to show videos 24 hours a day

 VJs:  Nina Blackwood  Mark Goodman  Alan Hunter  JJ Jackson  Martha Quinn

 Started with the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.”  Footage shown of first space shuttle launch countdown of Columbia  Launch of Apollo 11

 First music video was The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star”  Second video was Pat Benatar’s “You Better Run”

 Networks had to compete-  NBC created Friday Night Videos

 New wave, hard rock, heavy metal  Adam Ant, Blondie, Eurythmics, Culture Club, Motley Crue, Prince, Duran Duran, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, The Police, Dire Straits, Journey, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, David Lee Roth

 Flashdance: First film in which promoters used musical segments and put them into music videos  Footloose: The director watched music videos and MTV to plan out how to direct the film

 (80’s Rock Hits- An 80’s Music Video Compilation) (History of MTV)