RIP MTV

[Greg]

I remember begging the Yeti to come to his house so I could watch MTV when it first came out because he was the only person I knew who had cable. When I got cable, I spent a lot of time watching MTV. I was very disappointed when they switched formats. Still love to watch music videos on YouTube.

MTV channels dedicated to 24/7 music videos began going permanently dark on Wednesday with a nod to the video that started it all: airing the Buggles’ iconic “Video Killed the Radio Star.”

Earlier this fall, MTV announced it would shutter its 24-hour music channels in 2025, a move impacting MTV stations worldwide including several channels in the United Kingdom: MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live.
The flagship MTV Music channel ended its decades-long run on New Year’s Eve the way it began, playing the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” — the music video that launched MTV on Aug. 1, 1981. BBC journalist Jono Read shared the moment the channel went off-air in an X post documenting the video. Each of the U.K. channels aired a different final video on Wednesday, with MTV 90s showing the Spice Girls’ “Goodbye.”