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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV Audacy
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4.7 • 320 Ratings
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For nearly four decades MTV defined youth culture -- today it's a shell of its former self. What happened? How did MTV build a brand that stayed relevant to young viewers for decades, just to throw it all away?
Who Killed the Video Star is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | We Have Liftoff
Today, MTV is a household name. And everyone knows what a music video is. But there was a time when MTV and the art form it championed were crazy ideas that nobody believed in. Well, almost nobody...
This is how it all started, told by the people who made it happen.
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | I Want My MTV!
MTV's initial ascent is not exactly meteoric. The network struggles to reach viewers and attract advertisers. To succeed, MTV would need to do two things:
1) Break its own rules.
2) Broadcast the greatest music video of all time.
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | TV Mattered, Nothing Else Did
To increase ratings and become more attractive to advertisers, MTV leans away from music videos. In so doing, they create some of the most influential shows of the 80s, which inspires a complaint that would follow them forever.
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | Look At Me
We know that with 1992's The Real World, MTV predicted the phenomenon of reality television. But they also created a new species that roams the earth to this very day: the Reality Television Star. We talk to a few early Real World cast members about the blinding level of fame the show gave them, and the ways it affected their own reality.
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | The Last Peep Show
In the ‘90s, MTV is established enough to attract Bob Dylan to Unplugged and host its own Rock & Roll Inaugural Ball. But then a survey from the network’s research department turns up one small fact about the MTV audience that makes a massive impact on their programming, on popular music, and on traffic patterns in midtown Manhattan.
Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new 8-episode Audacy original about the rise and fall of MTV hosted by former MTV VJ, Dave Holmes.
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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | So Yesterday
As the moment of the boy bands and the pop girlies winds down, MTV gets new life by making celebrities into reality stars, and cranking out daily dating shows. But as the ratings soar, a revolution is brewing, and it's about to steal MTV's thunder.
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Customer Reviews
Great trip down memory lane
The podcast I’ve been waiting for! I’m sure I’m not the only one who misses the greatness that was MTV. There’s nothing better than reliving that era than with someone who was boots on the ground. Hearing Dave’s voice is so nostalgic and I love how thorough this journey back in time has been. I still want my MTV!
Awesome!
I love this podcast. It’s more than nostalgia, although there’s nothing wrong with a little nostalgia!
It’s informative, an insider’s view, and a look back at all of the ways we have changed.
I never realized MTV really invented “Reality TV” even though no one realized it back then.
But I do remember when all of the best music was coming from the UK, and MTV was the only place to get it.
This podcast captures all of it.
I love learning how it happened, and reliving when it happened. This podcast lets me do both.
Thank you for this!
A must-listen for US GenXers
There’s a kind of Baby Boomer golden glow of nostalgic thinking about this show, but it was 100% worth the listen. I didn’t connect as much with a couple of the middle episodes (just like I didn’t connect as much with MTV in that era), but I’m glad I listened to the end, which was a great wrap up.
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