MTV is closing down several of its music channels in the U.K. after 40 years of broadcasting.
In the near future, more people will undoubtedly say, "I want my MTV." However, to the BBC, the world's first 24-hour music broadcaster will shut down five of its UK channels on December 31 of this year, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live.
According to the site, flagship channel MTV HD will continue to air reality programs including Geordie Shore and Naked Dating UK.
MTV has been contacted by news organizations for reaction.
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The Buggle's "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first music video to air on MTV, which debuted in the United States in 1981 and focused on showcasing the most well-liked videos. Six years later, in 1987, MTV Europe debuted, and the United Kingdom formally had its own station by 1997.
Some people will find it tough to say goodbye to MTV U.K. after all these years. Simone Angel, a former MTV video jockey, told the BBC that she was "really sad, and I am a little bit in disbelief, and I know it is been a long time coming."
"We need to support these artists, and we all need to dance again and listen to music," the 53-year-old went on. "And I know we do that online in our own little bubbles, but MTV was the place where everything came together. So, it really does break my heart."
The TV star also joked that the early years of MTV in the UK were a "wild" period.
"It was like being on a school trip without any teachers,” she revealed. “We had so much fun.”
Furthermore, as Simone pointed out, “MTV Europe was really the forerunner to the internet.” and the station and its subsidiaries had a significant impact on people's lives in the 1990s.
“We were the most widespread TV channel in the world at that point,” she went on. “We had between 100 and 150 million viewers."
She is also unhappy at the passing of an era even if she understands that it is critical "to move with the times."
“To this day, it's one of the most recognizable brands in the world,” Simone stated. “Why on earth throw that away? It's not thrown away, but it's just reality TV. That's not what MTV is or should be."
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