Recording stars strut their stuff nonstop on fast-growing MTV
They grew up together in the '50s, but television and rock 'n' roll have always been contrary siblings. One soothes, the other threatens. One offers visual Pablum, the other musical grits. Even in the packaged and homogenized forms developed by such entrepreneurs as Dick Clark and Don Kirshner, TV has rarely accommodated its more rambunctious relative. Until now, that is. Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co.'s MTV (Music Television) is uniting the rival brethren in amplified harmony.
MTV is FM stereo with pictures, a 24-hr,...