Audacy Podcasts presents Who Killed The Video Star? | The Story of MTV -- an eight-part series about the network that conquered pop culture until it suddenly fell off the map. Hosted by former MTV Video Jockey, Dave Holmes.
Mar 2024
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 ... Show More
34m 32s
Apr 2024
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 ... Show More
30m 49s
Sep 2021
September Rewind: The John Mulaney Mess, Drake Finally Drops His Album, and the Britney Spears Docs Keep Coming
September was so full of new TV shows, red carpet fashion, and bizarre headlines that we could barely squeeze it all into one episode. This week, we're digging through some of the biggest moments of the month, like John Mulaney's eyebrow-raising interview with Seth Meyers, the la ... Show More
53m 30s
Jan 2021
Spectacle: An Unscripted History of Reality TV Trailer
Reality TV is dismissed as guilty pleasure, low brow... even trash. But whether you want to admit it or not, you probably have heard of Snooki, Lisa Vanderpump or Kim Kardashian. Over the past 30 years, reality TV has become a place to see the social and political moment play out ... Show More
3m 13s
Oct 2022
Ghostwatch
On Halloween night, in 1992, an unusual television special aired on the BBC. Nobody expected what happened next. “The technicians were looking up at the big screen in the lobby, saying to each other, ‘My God, what's going on in Studio One?'” Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Ins ... Show More
52m 51s