MTV Icon Martha Quinn Reacts to the Network's Final Music Video
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Key Points:
- On December 31, 2025, MTV permanently ended its 24-hour music video channels worldwide, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live, after four decades of broadcasting.
- The final music video aired was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, the same video that launched MTV on August 1, 1981, a moment that original MTV VJ Martha Quinn described as "intense" and emotionally significant.
- Martha Quinn, one of the five original MTV VJs, reflected on the historic impact of the song and video, noting how it symbolized the beginning of a generation and held a special place in the hearts of those involved with
