Video Soul
Aired: June 1981-September 1996
Hosted by Donnie Simpson and Sherry Carter, BET came up with “Video Soul” to fill the void left by MTV, who refused to give airtime to black music artists. Women watched partly for Simpson’s pretty boy looks, and Carter was the red-boned fantasy of many a teenaged boy.
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