MTV will be 30 years old in 2011

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday May 12, 2011

Does this bring back some memories? MTV will be 30 years old in 2011. MTV was launched 30 years ago on August 1, 1981.

The original five MTV Video Jockeys (VJs) in 1981 were Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, and Mark Goodman

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday May 12, 2011

And it hasn't played a video in 25 years.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Thursday May 12, 2011

f.sciarrillo wrote:And it hasn't played a video in 25 years.

...except at 3:37 a.m. on a Wednesday morning.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Thursday May 12, 2011

Now they just play tv shows about kids having kids, and wonder what's wrong with kids these days....

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Thursday May 12, 2011

Kids having kids is not a new phenomenon, but the reality show format about kids having kids is a relatively recent phenomenon that I personally could do without.

Post by **Jim Price** » Thursday May 12, 2011

One of my fondest memories during my college years was when I turned 21. I was living in a fraternity house in State College, and since it was a Sunday night, the bars were pretty much closed (and we didn't have money to spend at them anyway). We spent that Sunday night celebrating my 21st by mixing screwdrivers in the fraternity's bar room and watching MTV videos until 6 in the morning. I think Martha Quinn was the VJ that night. We got to see many of the legendary early MTV vids at that time. And since it was still new at that point, we were captivated by the whole novelty of all music video television, so we paid attention to see what was next. A fun night.

J.J. Jackson passed away in 2004. Besides being one of the first MTV veejays, he also was a Los Angeles radio announcer and anchored a few syndicated rock radio programs.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday May 12, 2011

RobTheDrummer wrote:Now they just play tv shows about kids having kids, and wonder what's wrong with kids these days....

What Bubbles just said.

sstuckey · Post by **sstuckey** » Thursday May 12, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJ9AnNz47Y

First video ever!! Amazingly I actually dig this jam!!

autumnsky · Post by **autumnsky** » Friday May 13, 2011

Well at least 30 years ago, if you were "16 and Pregnant", you probably got that way listening to or watching some great music!!!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday May 13, 2011

Here is an article listing the 5 most played videos on MTV.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/lists/five ... mtv-111408

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Friday May 13, 2011

bassist_25 wrote:Kids having kids is not a new phenomenon, but the reality show format about kids having kids is a relatively recent phenomenon that I personally could do without.

I know it's not a recent phenomenon, however, back in the old days we didn't pay for them to have kids.