Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" (YouTube) MTV channels dedicated to 24/7 music videos began going permanently dark on ...

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

This fall, MTV announced that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live would shutter at the year's end The closures impact viewers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, ...

A music video blast from the tech past—resurrected and modernized for 2026. Call it the day the music died. On December 31, 2025, MTV’s last music-only stations shut down forever​.

NEW YORK (CNN) - After 40 years, MTV’s music-only channels are now a thing of the past. Those channels around the world, from the United Kingdom to Ireland, France, Australia and Brazil went dark ...

After over 40 years on TV, multiple MTV music channels will shut down this week in the UK. According to BBC News, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after ...