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Encyclopedia > Fuse TV
Fuse TV
Launched October 1994 (as MuchMusic USA)
Owned by Rainbow Media, a division of Cablevision
Website fuse.tv
Availability
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DirecTV Channel 339
Dish Network Channel 158
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History

MuchMusic Canada

The channel which eventually became Fuse began in 1994 under a partnership between current owners Rainbow Media (a division of Cablevision) and CHUM (owner of Canada's MuchMusic) The network was a complete simulcast of MuchMusic Canada for the most part except for an infomercial block during the morning hours. Muchmusic signed on in 1984 and was available on C band satellite and had a loyal following across the USA before they switched to Digital Ku band around 1992. In early 2001, non Canadian music video blocks (with MuchMusic Canada bumpers in between) began airing on the network. This was the early stages of what would later become a completely different network. The year 1994 in television involved some significant events. ... Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision, is an entertainment company in the United States that owns the cable channels AMC, WE, fuse, Independent Film Channel, Voom HD Networks, MSG Network, FSN New York, News 12, and several others. ... For other uses, see Cablevision (disambiguation). ... This article is about the history of the CHUM Limiteds former assets, for the current ownership see CTVglobemedia. ... MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia dedicated to music and music-related programs. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ...


MuchMusic USA

In June 2001, the network became "MMUSA" featuring both MuchMusic Canada shows, and in house produced music video programming best recognized by distinct color bars at the top and bottom of each show. Each show had a different color bar set. Many of these shows consisted of viewer submitted content from the website. As 2002 went by, the majority of MuchMusic Canada programming was removed from the network. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... June 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December June 1 - Royal Family of Nepal massacred. ... The year 2002 in television involved some significant events. ...


In late December 2002, MMUSA aired an episode of the MuchMusic Canada show Rap City. This would turn out to be the last MuchMusic Canada show aired on the network. After this aired, the network was all MMUSA programming until May 2003. December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... Rap City is a Canadian television program that airs on the MuchMusic cable channel. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ...


Fuse

Within early 2003, CHUM revoked Rainbow Media's license to use the MuchMusic and MMUSA name and everything else having to do with it. By April, it was announced that the network would be renamed "Fuse" with various promos and scrolls. The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ...


On May 19, 2003 just before 6 a.m. Eastern Time, MMUSA aired its final video: New Found Glory's "My Friends Over You". After the video ended the network went to commercial break. After that Fuse launched with Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong", without fanfare. is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... // New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American pop punk band that formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, and is currently based in California. ... My Friends Over You is a song written and performed by the band New Found Glory. ... Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The early days of Fuse were very music intensive. They often indirectly bashed MTV for not airing music, with ads touting Fuse as the channel "where the music went." This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...


In late 2005, they had a week of end-to-end music videos, paid for by Snapple. Snapple is a beverage company based in Rye Brook, New York that produces a variety of teas and fruit drinks which are sold in glass bottles, soda-style cans, and plastic bottles. ...


Format

Fuse has studios headquartered across from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City. Fuse chiefly focuses on pop and rock music, and does have more alternative programming later at night. Exterior view circa 1911. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For the music genre, see Pop music. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...


The addition of such non-music oriented fare such as the animated program Empire Square, the anthology program Munchies, the sketch-comedy program The Nighttime Clap, have also brought recent charges by critics that the channel is abandoning its musical focus in a greater attempt to compete with MTV and MTV2. Thus no longer being "where the music went" However, as of August 2006 the network has replaced some of these shows with a bevy of new ones, mostly non-music. Empire Square (abbreviated Empire Sq. ... A tv show that appeard shortly on Fuse. ... The Nighttime Clap was a sketch-comedy show on the cable channel Fuse TV. Alison Beckner and Sean Hart hosted the show, and Dominic Dierkes and Billy Eichner were field reporters. ...


Musically speaking, Fuse is more focused on rock, alternative, punk, emo, and indie music. It used to also play heavy metal music. However, as of 2006, it has been moved to the early morning hours as Fuse no longer focuses on it. Although hip-hop/rap and pop music is played, Fuse is generally an alternative to the more mainstream MTV, which focuses heavily on hip-hop. In recent years Fuse has been instrumental in helping local bands and artists reach a wider audience. Alternative music redirects here. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Emo is a genre of rock music. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... For other uses, see Hip hop (disambiguation). ...


Criticism

Critics and members of the original fan base feel the channel is run poorly. The channel has been criticized for going "emo" recently, as the channel now plays emo music videos regularly and endorses Victory Records. Many other critics have also criticized the changes as an attempt to compete better with MTV and MTV2 in the Nielsen ratings and feel the channel has "sold out" by sacrificing variety in order to gain more mainstream appeal. Also, during the emo music/fashion trend, many have criticized the station for being too much of a fad-based station, much as MTV was criticized for the amount of bubblegum pop played on Total Request Live in the late 1990s. Fuse has also been playing more rap and R&B music. Recently, the channel has increased the amount of non-music programming, including comedy half-hour shows and full-length movies. Emo is a genre of rock music. ... Victory Records is a Chicago-based independent record label founded by Tony Brummel. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ... Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost (budget) computer game software founded in 1983. ... Bubblegum pop (bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music. ... TRL redirects here. ...


At the same time, Fuse has been praised for focusing on emo as opposed to mainstream hip-hop. The rise of emo music and Fuse occurred somewhat simultaneously, and Fuse is still seen as a major catalyst for the genre.


Since Juliya Chernetsky's departure from Fuse, some viewers had started a petition to the Fuse program director, telling him/her to bring the metal shows back to Fuse. An answer has yet to be told to the viewers by the program director. Juliya recently stated that she would not return to Fuse and that the host would be another person named Julia who hosted the Girls of Ozzfest special. Juliya Chernetsky — usually just Juliya or Mistress Juliya to her fans — born July 10, 1982, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. (The name was changed in May 2003. ...


Technical Issues

Fuse uses severe audio level compression in an attempt to keep the volume at an average level. The result is that on many types of music you can hear the audio level being massively reduced following a loud section, gradually creeping back up again, then crushed down again. Dynamic range compression also called DRC (often seen in DVD player settings), audio level compression, volume compression, compression, or limiting, is a process that manipulates the dynamic range of an audio signal. ...


VJs

Current VJs

Each of the VJs regularly hosts a show dedicated to their chosen music field(s) and/or their style.

Henry Rollins hosts the "Henry Rollims Show" where he discusses music and pop culture. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Stevens Untitled Rock Show (SURS) is a program that airs on fuse in which host, Steven Smith, interviews famous alternative rock and pop-punk stars while airing alternative rock videos. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Sauce (TV series). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Sauce (TV series). ...


Past VJs

Past VJs include:

  • Adonis Thompson, Fuse's VJ search contest winner.
  • K.K. Holiday.
  • Dennis "da Menace".
  • Juliya Chernetsky (also known as Juliya or Mistress Juliya), the channel's heavy metal representative. She hosted the programs Uranium, Metal Asylum, and Slave to the Metal, and co-hosted All-Nighter with Marianela.
  • Dylan Lane, who focused on pop music. He co-hosted Daily Download with Marianela and also hosted The F-List.
  • Marianela was the "rap/hip-hop" representative. She co-hosted both IMX and its successor, Daily Download. After Daily Download's cancellation at the end of July 2006, she briefly was a host on Get Malled Tour. However, Get Malled Tour disappeared from the air in late August/early September 2006. Marianela no longer works for Fuse as she quit soon after Daily Download was canceled.
  • Alison Becker, a comedian, hosted The Nighttime Clap and F-List.

Donald Trump has occasionally made appearances on Fuse in their promos. Juliya Chernetsky — usually just Juliya or Mistress Juliya to her fans — born July 10, 1982, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. (The name was changed in May 2003. ... Uranium was a popular TV series on Fuse TV. It was hosted by Juliya Chernetsky and was Fuses equivalent to MTV2s Headbangers Ball. ... Metal Asylum was a TV series on Fuse in the mid 2000s. ... Slave to the Metal was a TV series on Fuse in the mid 2000s. ... Dylan Lane (born July 18, 1977 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania) is an American television game show host and former Fuse TV video jockey. ... Daily Download is an original daily music show that airs on Fuse TV, which was hosted mostly by Marianela and Dylan Lane. ... The Nighttime Clap was a sketch-comedy show on the cable channel Fuse TV. Alison Beckner and Sean Hart hosted the show, and Dominic Dierkes and Billy Eichner were field reporters. ... Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television and radio personality and author. ...


Reception

Fuse is nominally a cable network, and is generally available only on cable and satellite TV systems. Uniquely, however, Fuse is available to residents of central and east Austin, Texas—including resident students of the University of Texas at Austin—via low-power TV station K09VR channel 9, mainly in the afternoons and on weekends. Due to unknown reasons, Fuse is unavailable in most Comcast (non-Adelphia) markets. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... University of Texas redirects here. ... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... K09VR channel 9, known on-air as TSTV (or Texas Student Television, formerly KVR-TV) is the student-run television station of The University of Texas at Austin, operated by Texas Student Media. ... Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the largest[1] cable television (CATV) company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. ...


Fuse programs (Current)

TV Shows

Loaded is a half-hour long show on the public TV station Fuse TV. During the show, videos from one specific artists play. ... Number 1 Countdown is a program originated by the American television network, Fuse TV. The show usually comes on three times per day depending on the number of videos. ... Pants-Off Dance-Off is a dance contest airing on FUSE TV that premiered on April 18, 2006. ... Power Fuse is a show that is associated with fuse TV. Power Fuse usually comes on around 1am and plays until 3am. ... Rad Girls was a television show on the network Fuse TV. The shows format is essentially a female version of MTVs Jackass with three hardcore female performers: Ramona Cash, Munchie, and Darling Clementine, doing a variety of stunts that include nudity, pubic hair, urine and poop. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The Sauce (TV series). ... Stevens Untitled Rock Show (SURS) is a program that airs on fuse in which host, Steven Smith, interviews famous alternative rock and pop-punk stars while airing alternative rock videos. ... Self service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items. ... The Whitest Kids UKnow is an American sketch comedy troupe based in New York City. ...

Anime

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Fuse programs (Future)

External links

  • Official Site
  • Fuse.tv - Fuse VJs
  • Fuse vs. MTV: A Scrappy Underdog Challenges MTV

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