The MTV launched on August 1st 1981, froms it base in New York. it started as music video channel that is guided by on air hosts known as VJʼs (Video Jockeys). Although the debut of the music channel was on the 1st August 1981, but the arrange meant of MTV dates further back to 1970s. The creator of MTV, Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief of MTV Networks. In the 70ʼs Pittman had tested the music format by hosting and producing on a show on WNBC. Pittman then later changed his idea with a little persuasion from the head of departments at WNBC. John Lack had help promote a TV series called PopClips, this then over the years lead to the creation of MTV. “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll” were the official words that kicked started the era of MTV. These words were spoken by John Lack, straight after this went to the MTV opening scene.After the opening the first music video was shown, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. For the first day of MTV they had managed to play 87 music videos. DEBUT THEOPENINGThe first idea was to have the famous words “one small step” Neil Armstrong, however due to Armstrong refusing MTV to use it the idea was scraped. Yet they managed to use the Apollo 11 landing clip because of it being public footage. The MTV opening sequence was a montage of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with the MTV logo changing colours, fonts and textures. VJʼs is abbreviation of Video Jockeyʼs, this term taken from DJʼs (Disc Jockeyʼs). As MTV believed that the hosts would play music videos not records, which brought in the term Video Jockeyʼs. MTV had taken the idea of VJʼs from the radio show top 40. This lead to them hiring five men and women to host MTV and to Introduce the video that were being played. The original five were Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn. All the original VJʼs became famous through hosting their own radio show or hosting TV shows. All, but J.J. Jackson who died from a heart attack in 2004, are now hosting a radio a show on Sirius XM Radio called 80ʼs on 8. VJ’S THEHISTORYOFMTV INTRO