In the mid 1980s, RTÉ had 3 hours of music videos every Sunday, with "MT USA" presented by Vincent Hanley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-USA
Videos from ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, and other big stars like that got played every week.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0219/505138-mt-usa-irelands-first-music-video-programme/
No Disco was the polar opposite, in many respects. They played new videos from local bands whose career so far was "played in more than one dive bar, more than twice, to more than 20 people each time". And some indie label acts.
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