How MTV Changed Music and Television Through Influencing Popular Culture By njwilliams2 Aug 1, 1981 MTV first Airs Birth of an MTV Nation, The first video played on MTV: "Video Killed the Radio Star" , Dec 2, 1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" debuts How Thriller changed music videos, "Thriller" videoMTV's first exclusive video Sep 14, 1984 Madonna sings "Like a Virgin" at the frist MTV Video Music Awards Madonna performing Jan 1, 1986 120 Minutes Airs PJ Harvey Performs Mar 21, 1986 MTV First Airs "Spring Break" programming Beastie Boys at 1986 MTV Spring Break Sep 18, 1987 Headbangers Ball first airs Best of Headbangers Ball Aug 1, 1988 Yo! MTV Raps Airs First Episode Feb 2, 1992 MTV's First "Choose or Lose" campaign Rock the Vote video Sep 1, 1992 First Season of The Real World New York Times review of the show, Real World Season 1 Intro Mar 8, 1993 "Beavis and Butthead" Airs "Cow Tipping" Jul 19, 1994 MTV Airs Road Rules Road Rules Season 1 Mar 31, 1998 MTV Airs "True Life" MTV True Life: Fatal Dose Oct 1, 2000 MTV's Jackass Debuts Jackass Season 1 Oct 5, 2000 MTV Cribs Airs Apr 22, 2002 MTV "Made" Airs Sep 28, 2004 MTV Airs "Laguna Beach" Laguna Beach Season 1 Episode 1 Dec 3, 2009 MTV Airs "The Jersey Shore" Jersey Shore Promo Jun 11, 2011 MTV Airs the documentary "16 & Pregnant" "16 & Pregnant" Trailer Nov 12, 2012 MTV Airs "Catfish" "Catfish" Trailer Jan 12, 2015 MTV Airs "Eye Candy" "Eye Candy" Trailer
