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{{main|History of VH1}}
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VH1, an acronym for '''Video Hits One''', launched on January 1, 1985 over the channel space of [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]]'s [[Cable Music Channel]].<ref name="worldradio">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=June 25, 1984|title=Warner takes MTV, Nickelodeon public|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-06-25-OCR-Page-0058.pdf#search=%22mtv%20networks%22|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=World Radio History|access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/19/business/business-people-a-chief-is-named-by-mtv-networks.html |title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; A Chief Is Named By MTV Networks |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 19, 1985 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> The channel originally focused on music and programming aimed at older audiences than its sibling channel at the time, [[MTV]].<ref name="b and c">{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Anne |date=May 3, 2009 |title=VH1 Hits a New High Note |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6557244.html?rssid=193 |url-status=live |access-date=May 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103185115/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6557244.html?rssid=193 |archive-date=January 3, 2009}}</ref>
On August 27, 1985, parent company [[Warner Communications]] sold 31% of VH1 and its siblings (MTV and [[Nickelodeon]]; which were already divested by Warner into [[MTV Networks]]) to [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=August 27, 1985|title=Viacom to Buy Warner Stake In Cable Units|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/08/27/viacom-to-buy-warner-stake-in-cable-units/f9a17068-093d-4d39-be78-e7b0a0724ac4/|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=September 2, 1985|title=Viacom gets its MTV (page 50)|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-09-02.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=World Radio History|access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> Viacom would eventually buy the remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $326 million on May 20, 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|date=1986-09-17|title=VIACOM CHIEF LEADS GROUP'S BUYOUT BID (Published 1986)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/17/business/viacom-chief-leads-group-s-buyout-bid.html|access-date=2021-01-23|issn=0362-4331|quote=In November 1985, Viacom acquired MTV Networks for $326 million in cash and warrants. One-third of MTV was publicly owned; the rest was owned by Warner Communications and the American Express Company. At the same time, Viacom bought 50 percent of Showtime, the pay television service, that it did not already own for $184 million.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=May 20, 1986|title=Viacom has bought MTV and Showtime/TMC|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-05-26-OCR-Page-0045.pdf#search=%22viacom%20mtv%20networks%22|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=World Radio History|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>
By 1989, VH1's music programming would cater to Top 40, [[adult contemporary]], [[classic rock]], and 1980s mainstream pop.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4NPYAxnuVgc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017023805/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPYAxnuVgc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web |date=October 27, 2011 |title=1991 VH1 Commercials |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPYAxnuVgc |access-date=September 22, 2013 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the 1990s, VH1 would gain popularity for original music-related programs such as ''[[Pop-Up Video]]'' and ''[[Behind the Music]]''.
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