When MTV launched in 1981, it did not just play music videos, it rewired pop culture. Image was inseparable from sound, and ...

Forty-five years ago, English new wave outfit The Buggles boldly declared, “Video Killed the Radio Star”, as the cable TV channel MTV dawned on the U.S. Initially, it was all music, all the time, ...

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 ...

The MTV Video Music Awards aired on CBS, Paramount's broadcast network. It makes sense given the new media era we're in. Even if it was a little weird for the olds like me to hear a CBS football crew ...

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 ...

"I Want My MTV" was once the MTV slogan. Now it's a rallying cry for a coder who decided they weren't ready to say goodbye to an era of music video supremacy and built their own MTV Rewind app. While ...