August 1, 1981: MTV Launch Day

Sign-on, the first video, the original VJs and surviving channel feeds from the weekend that rewired pop.

Playlist by @music_video_birth

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. MTV FIrst Day Of Broadcast 8-1-81 Part 1 — The Network Era
2. A Look at: MTV's First Broadcast August 1, 1981 — The Average Fox
3. 1st August 1981: The launch of cable music television channel MTV — HistoryPod
4. How MTV changed the world | BFI — BFI
5. The Impact of MTV | A Year in Music: 1981 — AXS TV
6. MTV Original 80s VJs Interview: Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn | VJ Q&A — Star Sessions
7. Original MTV VJs React to the Biggest ’80s Music Videos — AARP
8. Original MTV VJ Mark Goodman on the Launch of MTV — SiriusXM
9. Original VJs reminisce about 1981 launch of MTV — Mrtodayvideos2
10. MTV vidcheck (August 6, 1982) — Mickey's Media