![]() What’s more, the music videos weren’t quite there yet either: By most estimates, MTV only had somewhere between 100 and 200 videos in their library at the time, and had to lean disproportionately on certain artists with more clips available (like REO Speedwagon and Rod Stewart) simply to fill 24 hours of programming.Īnd the quality of those videos? Well… it wasn’t the highest plane the art form would reach. ![]() ![]() When MTV first launched on Aug 1, 1981, it wasn’t available in most major markets - the staff held their launch party in Fort Lee, NJ, because no one could get the channel in Manhattan - and the operation was still fairly ramshackle, with a particularly technical difficulty-plagued first 24 hours.
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