For 45 years MTV has brought music and reality tv to viewers of all ages from all around the world. This broadcasting channel has been the face of Paramount Entertainment and beloved by viewers since the early eighties. Initially beginning its long decades of airing way back in the summer of ‘81, MTV first broadcasted the song “Video Killed the Radio Star” (written by the Buggles; released 1979) as a way to kick off the new innovations of television, cassette tapes, and the walkman. Along with the multiplying ways to listen to your favorite music, came an explosion of new artists and music styles taking center stage. With hit singers like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Queen, Whitney Houston and tens more, house music became some of the most popular genres for over a decade. This more than helped MTV take off as a major broadcasting channel, allowing it to then branch further into other forms of entertainment later on into its booming career.

But how does its slow decline and final broadcast impact people today? Though people of a younger generation may not watch MTV as avidly as their older counterparts, some still are saddened by the end of such an infamous part of television.

Band Director, Darren Myers, shares his thoughts on the final airing of MTV:

When asked how he felt, he replied: “I don’t really mind. Honestly I’m surprised MTV has made it this far.”

When asked what he had thought about MTV’s change in content, he replied: “They tried to rehash the program and broadcast more movies than music when less people were watching, and it never really worked.”

When asked if he thought the shut down of MTV would affect pop culture, he replied: “Oh, not at all.”

While some seem completely unbothered by the end of MTV, it can still be said that although most viewers are not sad, those same people still adored MTV for what it was in its prime.