What channel did VH1 replace?
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MTV shut down a bunch of its music channels at the end of 2025, but back in 1985, it was still aggressively expanding. The network launched VH1 on January 1, 1985, as a sister channel targeting an older audience that wanted softer pop instead of Twisted Sister. MTV's parent company scooped up the channel space from a competitor that had just crashed and burned after barely a month on the air. What channel did VH1 replace?
