From the Editor!
Jun 17, 2011
WHAT would television be without music. In the developed world, they acknowledged the importance of this so long ago, they dedicated full channels and networks to music hence the concept of music television.
WHAT would television be without music. In the developed world, they acknowledged the importance of this so long ago, they dedicated full channels and networks to music hence the concept of music television.
MTV, an American network that launched on August 1, 1981, was the first to popularise the concept of playing music videos hosted by video jockeys (VJs – the TV equivalent of Disc Jockeys on radios and nightclubs) to the world.
I am not sure when the idea started exactly in Uganda but I do know that it started picking up pretty fast with the proliferation of TV stations. From short western music programmes that were relayed on the national broadcaster in the earlier years, we were able to enjoy music videos by local artistes hosted by a VJ for hours on end.
It also became the place to see emerging celebrities and how they sounded like as they were often hosted live in studio. Today, music is all around us. We are spoilt for choice. TVs don’t have to call for artistes’ videos either.
They get so many they rarely know what to do with them. But this also means that issues to do quality come into play.
Since we are spoilt for choice, we can afford to question whether what we are fed on by one station is the very best there is. Read our cover story to find out.
Sebidde Kiryowa
skiryowa@newvision.co.ug
MTV, an American network that launched on August 1, 1981, was the first to popularise the concept of playing music videos hosted by video jockeys (VJs – the TV equivalent of Disc Jockeys on radios and nightclubs) to the world.
I am not sure when the idea started exactly in Uganda but I do know that it started picking up pretty fast with the proliferation of TV stations. From short western music programmes that were relayed on the national broadcaster in the earlier years, we were able to enjoy music videos by local artistes hosted by a VJ for hours on end.
It also became the place to see emerging celebrities and how they sounded like as they were often hosted live in studio. Today, music is all around us. We are spoilt for choice. TVs don’t have to call for artistes’ videos either.
They get so many they rarely know what to do with them. But this also means that issues to do quality come into play.
Since we are spoilt for choice, we can afford to question whether what we are fed on by one station is the very best there is. Read our cover story to find out.
Sebidde Kiryowa
skiryowa@newvision.co.ug