<div dir="ltr">Wikipedia says MTV went on the air August 1st, 1981.  <div><br></div><div>I recall seeing a TV news item about the network shortly after that, and the visuals that went along with the item showed 1" Type C VTRs being loaded up and operating, but not an ACR.  Probably had something to do with what made better television.  As impressive as an ACR-25 is (my first summer job in broadcast was running one), it doesn't look like much except an oversized refrigerator to the casual observer.  A VR-1200, or even a Type C, says "television" to the average viewer.</div><div><br></div><div>At some point in 1981 or '82, a bar here in Halifax installed a C-band dish on the roof of an adjacent building and managed to pull in MTV to show on a large screen.  I don't recall if they managed to get stereo audio or not, but the novelty lasted for a few years, even though the signal was rather marginal here on the "Far East Coast".</div><div><br></div><div>Geoff Doane, Halifax, NS<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 August 2016 at 17:52, C. Park Seward via QuadList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Stereo television audio (MTS) started around 1985. When did MTV start? I bet there were few stereo TV sets then.<br><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div><br>Best,</div><div>Park</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div>