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August 1 marks the 30th Anniversary of MTV. MTV revolutionized the way we looked at music and the VJs were a big part of shaping that vision. We want to know what it meant to you. Do you have fond memories of watching MTV or your favorite VJ? We’ll collect your stories through the month of August and post them here on the site as we get them. We will be accepting form entries starting Saturday, July 30th, 2011. Entries may be edited and become the property of 80sVjs.com.

SAN DIEGO (Associated Press) -- Nearly two decades after their heyday, Beavis and Butthead are coming back. Creator Mike Judge says the ever adolescent, trash-talking duo will return to MTV in the fall.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn, who along with his cast mates made Americans cringe and snicker through vulgar stunts in their multimillion-dollar TV and movie franchise, was killed early Monday in a fiery car crash. He was 34. Dunn, a daredevil who gained notoriety for diving into a sewage tank and performing other unsavory stunts, was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it careered off the road, flipped over a guardrail and crashed into the woods before bursting into flames. A passenger was also killed, and speed may have been a factor in the crash, West...

MTV to Run Planned Parenthood Commercials, Bans Pro-Life Ads New York, NY -- The pro-life group seeking to run another commercial on MTV reaching out to young people on abortion is hitting back after LifeNews reported how the cable network decided against allowing Heroic Media to run its ad. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/17/mtv-to-run-planned-parenthood-commercials-bans-pro-life-ads/

MTV has decided it will not air advertisements from a pro-life group bemoaning the fact that abortion targets the black community and African-Americans have the highest percentage of abortions.Heroic Media, an organization supported by Sarah Palin and Lila Rose, wanted to run commercials saying “The most dangerous place for African-American children is the womb.” The organization said it planned to purchase ads on MTV during a recent fundraising Palin headlined, but the Washington Independent confirmed MTV will not allow it.“Upon further review, it was hard for us [MTV] to separate some of the recent tactics of the organization behind...

MTV Networks announced Thursday that its chairman and chief executive, Judy McGrath, was resigning. The surprising change at the top comes at a time when MTV is riding a surge in both ratings for its programs and profits for its parent company, Viacom. Viacom said Ms. McGrath had decided it was a perfect time to leave to pursue other ventures, although those ventures were not named. She leaves at time when the company has ascended to a new peak of success, with programs like “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Mom” on MTV, “SpongeBob SquarePants” on Nickelodeon, and Jon Stewart and Stephen...

Admittedly, the Egyptian uprising, the nullification of Obamacare and the ongoing ramifications of "Snowpocolypse 2011" could render the controversy about an MTV original program insignificant by comparison. After all, MTV is only out to destroy an entire generation. No big deal. Every adult - not just parents - should take the time to learn about the MTV show "Skins," a new "teen drama" that the Parents Television Council (PTC) has deemed "the most dangerous show on TV." Be careful when you go hunting for information about "Skins" lest your spouse conclude you've developed an interest in child pornography. The publicity...

Hundreds (it was thousands not counting the Rock for life youth) of prolife youth traveled to D.C. for the March for Life. Brian Kemper's Rock for Life did an outstanding job with classes and gathering many likeminded youth. Hip teenagers EVERYWHERE and MTV didn't cover it. Hmmmmm. Hundreds of Pro-Life Youth Coming To Nation's Capital Mon Jan 7, 8:00 AM ET Hundreds Of Pro-Life Youth Coming To Nation's Capital To Declare, 'You Will Stop Killing My Generation!' To: National Desk Contact: Erik Whittington of the American Life League, 703-690-2510 or Email: media@all.org; Web site: Web site: http://www.rockforlife.org WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 ...

The smug certainty with which leftists insist that they're better people than conservatives has always been an interesting phenomenon. We’re asked to believe that our opponents are more moral, more responsible, more enlightened, and more sensitive than we are one minute…and one of our betters turns around and asks what the big deal is about some outrageous case of moral degeneracy the next. Such is the case of the latest pontifications from The View co-host Joy Behar. In a discussion of Skins, the new MTV show which might have broken child pornography laws by filming actors as young as 15...

He may have pulled off his biggest provocative feat yet, at least in the eyes of some. Despite his previous highly criticized obnoxious stunts, including an embarrassing interruption of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and his infamous 2005 post-Hurricane Katrina remark that former President George W. Bush “doesn’t care about black people,” West isn’t shying away from the spotlight. Last month, he unveiled the preview for his upcoming video to “Monster,” a single by West, featuring Jay-Z , Nicki Minaj & Officer Ricky. But the video has some provocative imagery, as Erin R. Brown at the...

Once again our society and our kids are under attack and being exploited by MTV. They are pushing the envelope by promoting and glorifying teen sex, the use of illegal drugs and alcohol, and other illegal activity. We all know this is wrong, but will we stand up and do something about it? The New York Times Headline Reads “MTV’S Naked Calculation Gone Bad” They are considering more editing for episode 3 where they allowed a minor to take a pill to enhance his erection and run naked down the street. Senior executives are now considering additional editing for coming...

What if one day you went to work and there was a meeting to discuss whether the project you were working on crossed the line into child pornography? You’d probably think you had ended up in the wrong room. And you’d be right. Last week, my colleague Brian Stelter reported that on Tuesday, the day after the pilot episode of “Skins” was shown on MTV, executives at the cable channel were frantically meeting to discuss whether the salacious teenage drama starring actors as young as 15 might violate federal child pornography statutes.

Some crimes deserve harsher punishments, because they hurt children. Producing child pornography is one of those crimes. But now that MTV has discovered their hot new show may be considered child porn, their biggest concern is showing things as close to child porn as possible without getting themselves in legal trouble. Instead of running away from the disgusting act of showing kids in sexual and even nude scenes, MTV is seeking legal advice to push up against state laws without breaking them. Skins (trailer here) is a new MTV show that premiered last Monday night. The program features teens involved...

Last week, the PTC warned parents that MTV’s new show Skins – which debuted last night at 10:00 p.m. ET, only 9:00 p.m. in the Central and Mountain time zones – was “the most dangerous program ever” for children. The first episode proves we were right! And this content was paid for by Taco Bell. Here are just two brief examples of the dialogue from last night’s episode: Stanley: "It's totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex." Tony: "It's embarrassing, Stan. So we go to a party and get some girl racopiously spliffed up, in...

Leave it to MTV to take one of the most contentious issues of the last 50 years and turn it on its head. Not satisfied with showcasing the hardships of being young and with child in shows like “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant,” the network sought to show the other side of the story: the girls who decide to terminate their pregnancies. In doing so, they present these girls as being more responsible and, oddly, as better parents than those who decide to keep their babies. The end result was a program that marginalizes parenthood and ultimately celebrates a...

Women who have had or work with women who have had abortions are reacting to the contorversial MTV show, “No Easy Decision,” featuring a teenage girl’s abortion decision.They represent the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, and they say they and other post-abortive women reacted with sorrow and disappointment to the show, which showed an abortion business misleading women about the development of the unborn baby.“My heart broke for Markai, not just for her difficult situation, but for the lack of counseling she received,” said Georgette Forney, a co-founder of the group who has had an abortion of her own.“This...

Late Tuesday night, MTV provided viewers with a candid look into the decision of a teenage mother to terminate the life of her unborn child.No Easy Decision, MTV’s special spun off from 16 and Pregnant, followed Markai Durham as she came to the agonizing conclusion to have an abortion. With a frankness rarely seen anywhere on television, No Easy Decision presented a vivid, unsparing look at something that’s not just an “issue,” but a harrowing decision. With that description, Entertainment Weekly perpetuates the view of abortion as a conscientious if tragic act which can be justified by circumstance. It is...

Early in 2010, feminist author Jessica Valenti was concerned about the show 16 and Pregnant not validating a teenage girl’s choice to have an abortion. Valenti argued in February 2010: Why are some teen pregnancies worth covering while others aren’t?  There is more than one kind of pregnant teen; even if a teenager decides to have an abortion she was still pregnant, her story is still important, and her decision is worth talking about.  This absence of teens who choose abortion in 16 and Pregnant feels like a dismissal of so many young women’s experiences.I strongly disagree with Valenti’s assertion...

MTV Show "No Easy Decision" a Reminder Abortion Industry Misleads Women by Laura Echevarria One of my concerns before watching the show was that it would document the effects of facing an abortion decision but not the after-effects of the abortion itself. And while it turned out to be true, I think Markai’s decision and some of the comments made reveal more about the abortion industry than pro-abortion groups would care to admit. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/12/29/mtv-show-no-easy-decision-a-reminder-abortion-industry-misleads-women/

If you’ve ever seen Teen Mom, you know that it in no way glorifies teen parenthood. Those young moms and dads are struggling, and despite the rumors that MTV pays them around $60,000 a season, (which MTV refuses to comment on) many of them are shown relying on government assistance to get by. The young women on the show, as much as their lives are put under the microscope, do get famous in their way.