MuchMoreRetro

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MuchMoreRetro
Image:MuchMoreRetro.jpg
Launched	September 4, 2003
Owned by	CTV Limited (CTVglobemedia)
Country	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Image:Flag of Ontario.svg Toronto, Ontario
Website	muchmoreretro.com
Availability
Cable
Rogers Cable	Channel 703
Vidéotron	Channel 120
Cogeco	Channel 179
Source Cable	Channel 169
IPTV over ADSL
MTS	Channel 166
SaskTel	Channel 153
Telus TV	Channel 257

MuchMoreRetro is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable music video specialty channel. The channel features classic music videos from the 1980s and 1990s.

[edit] History

MuchMoreRetro was licensed as MuchMore ClassicVideo by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000, and was launched on September 4, 2003 under the ownership of CHUM Limited with its current name. On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia gained control of MuchMoreRetro as a result of its takeover of CHUM Limited.

[edit] The first 10 music videos to air on MuchMoreRetro

• 1. Glass Tiger - "Don't Forget Me"
• 2. Duran Duran - "The Reflex"
• 3. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
• 4. Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
• 5. Prince & The Revolution - "Kiss"
• 6. Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
• 7. Corey Hart - "Sunglasses at Night"
• 8. Bryan Adams - "Summer of '69"
• 9. U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
• 10. Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer"

[edit] External links

• Official website
• CTVglobemedia

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