publication . Article . 2017

The Impact of The Chart Show on British Music Video Culture, 1986–1998

Name: The Impact of The Chart Show on British Music Video Culture, 1986–1998
Creator: Justin Smith
Keywords: RCUK, APC-PAID, AH/M003515/1, The Chart Show, MTV, Keith Macmillan, music video, Channel 4, ITV, /dk/atira/pure/core/subjects/medgam, Journalism and Media

Justin Smith;

Open Access English

Published: 28 Jun 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Abstract

Open access article The Chart Show was a weekly UK TV programme showcasing music videos from the Media Research Information Bureau (MRIB) Network Chart and a range of independent and specialist pop music charts. It began broadcasting on Friday evenings on Channel 4 in April 1986 and ran for three series until September 1988. Its production company, Video Visuals, subsequently found a new home for The Chart Show with Yorkshire Television on ITV, where it went out on Saturday mornings between January 1989 and August 1998. What made the show unique in the British broadcasting context was that it was the first presenter-less pop chart programme that showcased popula...

doi: 10.3828/msmi.2017.2

Subjects

ACM Computing Classification System: GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS

free text keywords: RCUK, APC-PAID, AH/M003515/1, The Chart Show, MTV, Keith Macmillan, music video, Channel 4, ITV, /dk/atira/pure/core/subjects/medgam, Journalism and Media, Chart, Visual arts, Media studies, Popular music, Broadcasting, business.industry, business, Art, media_common.quotation_subject, media_common, Research information, Lingua franca, computer.programming_language, computer

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