VH1 1985 - 2013

VH1 (stylized as Vl+1, sometimes as VH1 and originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American cable television network based in New York City that is owned by Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. It launched on January 1, 1985, in the old space of Turner Broadcasting System's shortlived Cable Music Channel. The original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music.

You might notice that I miss the 1998 VH1 logo (based on Logopedia), in which the design was a circled-1 with the "VH" inside the "1" and the slogan "Music First™" below the circled-1. The circled-1 logo was used for promos on that 1994 period until 2003, also used for on-screen graphic, but most of the VH1 IDs on the given period is the uncircled-1.

© VH1

(tags) vh1 video hits one vh+1 id ident timeline montage history 1985 1987 1994 2003 2013 80s 90s 2000s 2010s music first plussed

[mytalkingangela]

VH-1 (1985-1987)
VH 1 Video Hits One (1987-1994)
VH 1 Music First (1994-2003)
VH 1 formerly cube (2003-2013)
VH+1 (2013-present)

[xennialsxberner]

WTF? You skipped right over 1990-1992 which was the best era!

[danielr]

I remember Rosie O donnell use to be a VJ on that show

[RobertRadio]

Yeah in 2003 they lost their minds and stop caring about music

[SLMapping]

MUSIC FOUND SO FAR (with special thanks to Shazam)

1987-1994 Ident: OMD - (Forever) Live and Die

2003-2013 Ident: Dilated Peoples - No Retreat

2013 Ident: Tegan and Sara - Closer

[kirilvelinov]

Fen TV
12 November 2003-2011
White background with Фен written in red serif letters and тв inside red circle, spelled Фен (тв)
12 November 2011-2012
Gray ident with letter Ф inside gray circle and ФЕН ТВ written below
15 September 2012-2016
Gray ident with FEN written inside pink rectangle and play button on the left with pink letters
12 November 2016-
Current ident, more rounded rectangle, FEN TV in different font and cyan background

[alexsuazo]

VH-1 (1985-1987)
VH 1 Video Hits One (1987-1994)
VH 1 Music First (1994-2003)
VH 1 formerly cube (2003-2013)
VH+1 (2013-present)