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August 1, 2006

Happy Birthday MTV

On August 1, 1981 MTV started transmission as it began its illustrious incarnation as the first cable music television network. Twenty-five years later to the day we're bringing you that famous video from The Buggles that started it all. There isn't much that we can do to connect this to Boston except to note that many of us grew up with MTV as an integral part of our teen years (tomorrow be on the lookout for Hangin' Tough). Long gone seem the days when music videos dominated or even when Beavis and Butthead were broadcast without nostalgia – now its Laguna Beach and the Hills or a little Super Sweet Sixteen. "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!"


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My friends and I all wore "I Want My MTV" buttons for a year before it arrived. Those were the days. Were you even born?! :P

 

MTV never took to the airwaves, only to the cables.

 
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