Concrete TV is a public-access television cable show in New York City that aired on Channel 67 public-access in Manhattan, combining violence, sex, pornography, new video, old video in a video art collage set to music. This half-hour program was produced by Ron Rocheleau, known as Concrete Ron. It was shown Friday nights at 1:30 a.m.
Episodes are heavily thematically based in 1980s video, hearkening back to the early MTV days, in a mash-up art style. In a 1997 interview with New York Magazine, Rocheleau stated that he sees himself "as a kind of Dr. Frankenstein trying to make super-television shows--hyperkinetic eye candy for a presweetened generation, a 'Best of' from our worst nightmares".
Concrete TV was later cited as a major inspiration on the Adult Swim program Off the Air, and Rocheleau has been called "the father of video collage".
The show remained on the air until ending in 2019.
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