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MTV PROMO, with Cyndi Lauper, 1982.

MTV Turns 45: How Michael Jackson, Madonna and ‘The Real World’ Made TV History

The iconic cable television channel, first launched in a small section of the East Coast on Aug. 1, 1981.
title screen from late May 1983, when Dan Aykroyd was a guest VJ on MTV for an hour. Aykroyd's headshot is on the right side and he is wearing glasses and a bowtie, in character from his movie

Revisit Dan Aykroyd’s 1983 MTV Guest VJ Appearance

The actor spent an hour on MTV in May 1983 introducing music videos by Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Prince and other artists, and also helping promote MTV’s contest tied in with his movie Doctor Detroit, which had just hit theaters.