At precisely 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2025, MTV Music broadcast "Video Killed the Radio Star" for the final time—the identical track that launched the network at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981.
Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...
MTV, the pioneering 24-hour music broadcaster, will stop showing continuous pop videos in the United Kingdom when it closes five channels after Dec. 31. The U.K. MTV channels going off the air are MTV ...
In 2025, we bid farewell to the best part of MTV. And no, we do not mean endless hours of Ridiculousness. We mean the very ...
MTV will stop broadcasting on five music channels in the United Kingdom, according to reports. MTV will be shutting down MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels on Dec. 31, BBC and ...
The move came after the once-influential network shuttered its remaining 24/7 music channels across a number of European and overseas territories in December.
What has happened in jukeboxes of days gone by. Well, for one thing, video, jukeboxes are fast replacing the old machines we used to love and there is good reason. Dollar for dollar or rather quarter ...