The first video shown on MTV
The first IBM PC was introduced in 1981, but perhaps custom mouse pads were not available yet then. Coincidentally, the world’s first 24-hour TV channel showing exclusively music videos, MTV: Music Television started broadcasting at 12.01am on 1st August 1981 with John Lack’s voice speaking “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll.” At that time, only a select few thousand on cable in New Jersey could view it.
The very first video shown was appropriately “Video Killed The Radio Star” by British group The Buggles.
A video of the first 10 minutes of MTV’s broadcast:
The 2nd song? Pat Benatar’s “You Better Run.”
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