MT-USA

MT-USA (Music Television — USA) was an Irish music television programme broadcast between February 1984 and 1987. Known for the slogan, "Music Television USA - Music never looked better", it was produced by Green Apple Productions, co-founded by the show's presenter Vincent Hanley. MT-USA was broadcast on RTÉ 2 on Sunday afternoons and during the 1984–85 series was repeated on Friday nights. Each edition ran for three hours. Each block of videos was followed by a segment filmed in New York City with Hanley introducing the videos, discussing American music and culture, and interviewing a celebrity.^[1] RTÉ described him as Europe's first VJ (video jockey). The videos were primarily American acts, many previously little-known in Ireland., but the show also featured English pop chart acts, as well as up and coming Irish acts such as U2, In Tua Nua & Light a Big Fire. A double-CD and DVD compilation featuring acts from the show's heyday went on release on 16 November 2007.^[2]

MT-USA
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Genre	Music television
Created by	Green Apple Productions
Presented by	Vincent Hanley
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Running time	3 hours
Original release
Network	RTÉ 2
Release	February 19, 1984 (1984-02-19) – 1987 (1987)