''Radio 1990'' is a thirty-minute
music video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...
showcase program that ran during primetime on weekdays on
USA Network.
It was intended to compete directly with the
NBC program ''
Friday Night Videos'', as well as
MTV and other cable channel shows such as
TBS's ''
Night Tracks''. It was a companion to another USA Network program, ''
Night Flight'', which featured a combination of music videos, interviews, standup comedy and other performances.
The program ran from March 1983 until September 1986, and was hosted by music journalist
Lisa Robinson and Kathryn Kinley. It also featured celebrity musical guest co-hosts. In August 1985,
Paul Stanley of
Kiss co-hosted for a week and
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...
co-hosted during the week of
Halloween
Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christianity, Western Christian f ...
1985.
References
External links
1980s American music television series
USA Network original programming
Television series by Universal Television
1983 American television series debuts
1986 American television series endings
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