From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-01-02 20:30:26 +0000, super70s said:   
      
   > On 2026-01-02 15:48:52 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
   >   
   >> Ubiquitous  wrote:   
   >>> The MTV Story. Today, December 31, 2025, marks the official death of   
   >>> the empire that invented modern cool. Paramount Global has pulled the   
   >>> plug on the music channels that defined a generation, from the excess   
   >>> of the 80s to the grunge revolution of the 90s. We explore the rise and   
   >>> fall of the network that once dictated the planet's soundtrack, how   
   >>> reality TV like "The Real World" became a cheaper drug than rock and   
   >>> roll, and how the "Video Killed the Radio Star" prophecy finally came   
   >>> full circle.   
   >>   
   >> Heh   
   >>   
   >> I never had music from MTV. By the time Cox finally connected me, it was   
   >> all reality and game shows. I came aboard for the remote control era.   
   >> Music was relegated to three in the morning.   
   >   
   > It's been worthless ever since they quit showing videos. The last time   
   > I watched anything on it was Beavis & Butt-head which now has a few new   
   > episodes occasionally on Comedy Central.   
   >   
   > Then they had VH1 for a while for videos but even it's long gone.   
   >   
   > My provider offers a lot of free music channels, all they do is change   
   > pictures from time to time but at least you can pick a genre you can   
   > stand to listen to.   
   >   
   > There's also the iHeart Radio app for streamers.   
      
   There's a few music-only TV channels in New Zealand, some play music   
   videos and some just static pictures ...   
      
      Freeview (free-to-air):   
        - Juice TV   
        - Radio New Zealand National   
        - Radio New Zealand Concert   
        - George FM   
        - Radio Aotearoa   
      
      Sky TV:   
        - Juice TV (replaced MTV Hits)   
        - J2       (replaced MTV 80s)   
        - Radio New Zealand National   
        - Radio New Zealand Concert   
        - Tahu FM (Maori music radio station)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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