text: Today in Entrepreneurial History: August 1 - Business Opportunities
  Today in Entrepreneurial History: August 1	Featured	/ August 1, 2012
  On this day in 1981 MTV began broadcasting in the United States and aired its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
  For more on the history of MTV, read I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution.
  I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties. From its start in 1981 with a small cache of videos by mostly unknown British new wave acts to the launch of the reality-television craze with The Real World in 1992, MTV grew into a tastemaker, a career maker, and a mammoth business. Featuring interviews with nearly four hundred artists, directors, VJs, and television and music executives, I Want My MTV is a testament to the channel that changed popular culture forever. The video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" is below. More music from The Buggles.