MT-USA was an Irish

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 music television programme broadcast between 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

Vincent Hanley

Vincent Hanley was a pioneering Irish radio DJ and television presenter, nicknamed "Fab Vinny". He worked mainly for Radio Telefís Éireann, and was the first Irish celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness.Hanley began presenting pop music shows on RTÉ Radio Cork in 1976...

. MT-USA was broadcast on RTÉ

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 from 1984-87 on Thursday evenings, repeated on Sunday afternoons. Each block of videos was followed by a segment filmed in New York City

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 with Hanley introducing the videos, discussing American music and culture, and interviewing a celebrity. RTÉ described him as Europe

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's first VJ (video jockey). The videos were primarily American acts

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, many previously little-known in Ireland., but the show also featured English pop

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 chart acts, as well as up and coming Irish acts such as U2

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. A double-CD and DVD compilation featuring acts from the show’s heyday went on release on 16 November 2007.