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Point culturally or musically. >> for a while it seemed there was nothing new on the horizon. announcing the latest achievement in home entertainment. the power of sight. the power of sound. mtv, music television. ♪ >> we are so excited about this new concept in tv. well be doing for tv what f.m. did for radio. >> oh, my gosh. im getting old. i remember that. joining me now, two people who helped create the music that helped define the decade. theyre icons from the 80s and even now. ms. pat be...

>> lava goes wherever it wants to go. its very unpredictable. >> and for ten weeks in 1990, veteran videographer nick is at the edge of the disaster, capturing the flow on camera. here in hilo on the big island of hawaii, nick has made a living documenting spectacular lava flows. they never cease to amaze him. but this one story stands out among the rest. thats when a village is decimated by lava. >> this was a beautiful, beautiful area back when. its just been turned into a parking lot. theres ...

>> people were agitated, and the fellow came on and said, "we believe that we have a malfunction with our landing gear." >> malfunction, not the kind of word a passenger likes to hear. dave snaps to attention and turns on the tv in the seatback in front of him. >> the jetblue airliner the one youre looking at on your screen apparently sent out a distress call. >> so all of a sudden, there is some coverage of a plane in trouble, and im thinking, wow, the poor folks on that plane. >> this plane to...

Fellow came on and said, "we believe that we have a malfunction with our landing gear." >> malfunction, not the kind of word a passenger likes to hear. dave snaps to attention and turns on the tv in the seatback in front of him. >> the jetblue airliner the one youre looking at on your screen apparently sent out a distress call. >> so all of a sudden, there is some coverage of a plane in trouble, and im thinking, wow, the poor folks on that plane. >> this plane took off from burbank airport, shor...

The network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their moneys worth. ...

Its hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >...

Bike? >> yeah. >> you like that? >> yeah. >> can you do an hour at a shot? >> yeah. >> an hour at a shot? >> yeah. >> okay. >> he wanted the inmates to ride this bike in order to have the privilege of watching tv. >> were going to hook the chair up to the television. here. and as you pump, you can watch television, and were going to let you watch anything you want. youre going to work hard for the television. to lose weight and protect your heart. i think its only right for you to be able to wat...

The vietnamese are not celebrating. they must stay and face the uncertainty of whatever is going to happen to them next. >> in hanoi, the american military involvement in the vietnam war finally came to an end. for if anything or anyone symbolized the american agony of vietnam, it was the prisoners. >> most were pilots, and many had spent more than six years in prison. now they were on their way home. >> it wasnt really until we rolled down the runway, finally lifted off enemy soil, that we all ...

Interrupted by commotion in the cabin. >> people were agitated, and the fellow came on and said, "we believe that we have a malfunction with our landing gear." >> malfunction, not the kind of word a passenger likes to hear. dave snaps to attention and turns on the tv in the seatback in front of him. >> the jetblue airliner the one youre looking at on your screen apparently sent out a distress call. >> so all of a sudden, there is some coverage of a plane in trouble, and im thinking, wow, the poo...