The show aired October 1, 1984 until 1997,[1] when it was changed to Vibrations.
In the beginning, due to a limited supply of videos from black artists, popular mainstream white artists with crossover appeal were also featured in the lineup.
As the supply of videos from black artists expanded, so did BET's position as an influential voice of the music industry.
[4] The show was hosted by a VJ speaking offscreen.
The program did not use a theme song or used any recorded tracks until 1991, when they used the single "Mindflux" from the British act N-Joi as their "theme song" for their intros and breaks up until they left the air in 1997.