Monday Jan 05, 2026
The Uncle Floyd Podcast #59
In episode #59, Scott Gordon and David Burd discuss many Uncle Floyd Show happenings and pay respect to the “passing” of MTV music channels. David was there when MTV began in 1981 and has many insights as to the why and where of the channel’s genesis.
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4 hours ago
”I cant say MTV was a creation of Michael Nesmith, but its near it” ”Pittman and fellow MTV co-founder John Lack used the success of Nesmith’s PopClips program to help sell the idea for a 24-hour music channel to the Warner Bros. board of directors. Pittman is considered the ”architect” who took the initial idea and brought it to fruition as the network we know today.