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On August 1, 2016, in honor of MTV's 35th anniversary, the channel was rebranded as "MTV Classic", and now exclusively displays music videos from all genres from the 1980s to the early 2000s. As of December 2019 [update] , MTV Classic is available to approximately 39,000,000 pay television households in the United States.
This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981. MTV's first day on the air was rebroadcast on VH1 Classic in 2006 and again in 2011 (the latter celebrating the channel's 30th anniversary).
MTV Classic Videos: August 1, 2016–present Rock Block: August 5, 2016–present Total Request Playlist: August 2, 2016–present Yo! Hip Hop Mix:
Post-Modern MTV (1988–1992) Deja Video (1989) Classic MTV (1989, 1992–93) Yo! MTV Raps Today (1989–1992) Hard 30: MTV's Headbangers Half Hour (1989)
The channel's programming focused on classic music videos and programming (including notable episodes of MTV Unplugged and VH1 Storytellers), but skews more towards the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The network aired encores of former MTV series such as Beavis and Butt-Head and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County .
Videos dating from the 1970s and early 1980s are de-emphasized, or have been removed from the playlist entirely. Unlike the original MTV version of 120 Minutes which featured a host introducing videos and occasional interviews and live performances, the VH1 Classic and MTV Classic versions of the program are exclusively music video blocks. The ...
A similar but separate MTV Classic program, also titled 120 Minutes, plays many classic alternative videos that were regularly seen on 120 Minutes in its heyday. 120 Minutes returned as a monthly program on MTV2 on July 30, 2011, [2] with Matt Pinfield as host. [3] In March 2023, former 120 Minutes host Lewis Largent died at the age of 58. [4]
Metal Mayhem (formerly Metal Mania or Headbangers) is a block of classic heavy metal/hard rock music videos that first aired on the American television channel VH1 Classic. The series originally featured music videos from 1970s to early 1990s, but since VH1 Classic's transition to MTV Classic , it has now incorporated music videos from the ...