If you lived in Atlanta between 1982 and 1986 and were of a certain age, you undoubtedly remember the Video Music Channel. The weird videos and wacky VJ’s on the VMC warped my impressionable adolescent mind. Unlike the placelessness of MTV, the VMC was firmly rooted in Atlanta and all its musical happenings.
I recently interviewed Tom Roche, who was the Production Manager for the VMC, and I’ll share some of his comments in a subsequent post. For now I’ll pass along a VMC commercial which promoted four of their special shows.
November 6, 2009 at 2:48 pm |
Thank you! There ARE people besides me who remember this!
February 14, 2010 at 9:45 pm |
I remember this well! This was on before we had MTV on local cable. Remember the Dave Show?
April 26, 2010 at 11:45 pm |
Dang! I love it. Yes I remember the Dave show with Dave Holmes. VMC was the best.
I’ve been trying to find some old video of that channel, but there is so little out there. I even went through my old VHS tapes and found a little bit of “Metal Works”.
February 10, 2012 at 10:49 am |
I won two records from a “call in” contest. None of those on MTV… my family moved to Charlotte in ’84 and it was there I first found MTV, which I felt was a huge downgrade. No local flavor at all.