The format of the show strongly resembled the original MTV model of broadcasting primarily music videos, but without VJs to host. TV w/ Ray Cathode show producer Beau Tardy also worked at MTV and was a colleague of Todd Mueller but never contributed to Amp. TV w/ Ray Cathode was an underground experimental television show created by Beau Tardy that aired abstract video imagery with electronic music soundtracks by FAX +49-69/450464, Thomas Fehlmann, Sun Electric, The Orb, Aphex Twin, Warp Records and many others. The show was possibly inspired by the underground public access show "TV w/ Ray Cathode" (later named Dizzy TV) that started airing on Manhattan Neighborhood Network public access TV in 1993 and ran from 1993–1999. 3 Artists commonly featured on the show.A few online groups formed after the show's demise to ask MTV to bring the show back and air it during normal hours, but MTV never responded to the requests.
Because of this late night time slot, the show developed a small but cult like following. Amp's time slot was moved around quite a bit, but the show usually aired late at night or in the early morning hours on the weekend. In its final two years, reruns were usually shown from earlier years. The show aired some 46 episodes in total over its 6-year run. Owen Bush, Amy Finnerty and show co-creator Burle Avant) left the show in 1998, it was redubbed Amp 2.0. When co-creator Todd Mueller (who had worked on this with V. It was aimed at the electronic music and rave crowd and was responsible for exposing many electronica acts to the mainstream. Amp was a music video program on MTV that aired from 1996 to 2001.
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