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45 years ago today, MTV ("Music Television") began broadcasting. Here are the first two hours of it. (www.youtube.com)

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

I was sitting on my buddy Brad's couch at the moment it launched. We both worked in a record store, and we'd been waiting for weeks, and we were really excited. Brad had cable, my dad wouldn't spring for it.

Here's a cool little button from the time, cross promoting MTV and The Cars