Someone wanted their MTV, so they bought a piece of its history. A gong used throughout the ’80s on MTV was sold at auction for $15,300. It was famously struck by an upside-down Tina Turner — who used ...

Dial MTV was a television series on MTV that played music videos. It premiered February 17, 1986. Much like Total Request Live, Dial MTV played the top five or top ten most requested videos of the day ...