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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

The UMAs celebrate unsigned and unrecognized artists.

The UMAs recognize unsigned artists

Jenna Simons, Eastside Staff October 20, 2015

On Sunday, Oct. 25, hip hop lovers will gather at B.B. Kings Blues Club and Grill in Times Square, New York City for the 12th annual Urban Thresholds Underground Music Awards. The UMAs were created by Urban Threshold to give recognition to unsigned...

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MTV continues to disregard music videos

Rachel Serata, Eastside Staff December 26, 2014

Music Television, commonly known as MTV is an insanely popular channel that is known for airing music videos by a range of musicians. The first ever music video to be released on MTV was for a song called “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles....

MTV or WWTGWTMMOTHTV?

The latest in music news, music videos, emerging artists and programs devoted to the musical arts: despite what was once claimed, not all of these can be found on MTV. When MTV launched in 1981, it was the country’s source of music videos and music news from around the world, packed conveniently into one television channel. Now, reality shows that do not relate to music in any way are constantly broadcasted, and viewers would be lucky to find any music programs featured at a convenient time. “The Real World,” “Punk’d” and “The Hills” all make millions of dollars and don’t have any musical value.