August 1 1981 at 12:01 MTV Launches
August 1st, 2008 by BaconstripI don’t need to tell you that MTV is a mere shadow of what it once was – you are hard pressed today to find them actually playing music videos. Sadder still is that MTV networks launched MTV2, which went back to the old format of MTV and played music videos nonstop. Not anymore. MTV2 is now full of reality shows and other non-music shows.
Here is a look at the launch of the original MTV:
