
The cable television network MTV is launched - August 1st, 1981
This Day in History Class
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Music Vidios on Mt V
M t v was founded in the early 19 80s as a music television channel. The network started out playing free videos from artists like Michael jackson, madonna and duran Duran. It soon expanded into non video programming with game shows, animated cartoons,. award shows, news and, of course, reality s. By the early 20 first cent this transition was all but complete; viewers were hard pressed to find any videos in the networks line up.
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