ational ▁programming ▁( as ▁mand ated ▁by ▁the ▁Federal ▁Communic ations ▁Commission ) ▁on ▁Saturday ▁m orn ings . ▁ ▁The ▁network ' s ▁president ▁and ▁founder ▁was ▁Les ▁Gar land , ▁a ▁veter an ▁of ▁MTV ▁and ▁V H 1 . ▁The ▁ad ▁split ▁was ▁ 6 ▁minutes ▁per ▁for ▁the ▁network ▁and ▁ 1 ▁minute ▁to ▁the ▁station . ▁The ▁network ▁never ▁sold ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁ad ▁time . ▁The ▁T ube ▁planned ▁to ▁attract ▁a ▁wider ▁audience ▁than ▁MTV ▁and ▁other ▁music ▁channels ▁by ▁playing ▁music ▁regardless ▁of ▁genre ▁or ▁de cade . ▁ 7 0 0 ▁videos ▁would ▁be ▁available ▁to ▁play ▁with ▁ 1 4 ▁videos ▁per ▁hours . ▁Add itional ▁programming ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁for ▁the ▁station ' s ▁main ▁channel . ▁The ▁network ' s ▁website ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁store ▁as ▁visitors ▁could ▁buy ▁what ▁they ▁see ▁on ▁the ▁network . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁T ube ▁Music ▁Network ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Les ▁Gar land . ▁Ray com ▁Media ▁was ▁an ▁initial ▁round ▁invest or ▁in ▁the ▁company . ▁Sh ane ▁Co pp ola , ▁formerly ▁of ▁West wood ▁One , ▁became ▁involved ▁and ▁brought ▁in ▁Pat ▁La Pl at ney ▁to ▁head ▁the ▁network ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁La Pl at ney ▁was ▁fr ustr ated ▁by ▁a ▁difficult ▁capital ▁structure ▁that ▁made ▁it ▁hard ▁to ▁raise ▁additional ▁capital . ▁He ▁end ▁up ▁working ▁six ▁or ▁eight ▁months ▁for ▁no ▁sal ary . ▁La Pl at ney ▁quit ▁by ▁August ▁ 2