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1. THE DEBUT: Aug. 1, 1981. The first video? The slyly prophetic "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the now-forgotten Buggles. Only a few thousand people on a single cable system in northern New Jersey could see it.

That was my cable company, Cablevision (or was it Vision Cable?) out of Fort Lee.

Overnight, MTV became the talk of my highschool. It was really cool back then. They played music videos. Weird that they forgot how to do that.

[Cagey]

Yes, it was Cablevision which is still around in Northern New Jersey.

When cable first came out I worked part time for them selling Cable door to door, part time. Most people were dying to get cable even though antenna broadcast TV was readily available. At that time most people wanted cable for sporting events.

[MotleyGirl70]

Overnight, MTV became the talk of my highschool. It was really cool back then. They played music videos. Weird that they forgot how to do that.

My friends had cable/MTV so I always watched it at their houses. The 80s were the best years for MTV.