diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index 142945b09..36caf9f1b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
         description = strip_or_none(xpath_text(itemdoc, 'description'))
 
-        timestamp = timeconvert(xpath_text(itemdoc, 'pubDate'))
+        timestamp = timeconvert(xpath_text(itemdoc, 'pubDate') or xpath_text(itemdoc, 'airDate'))
 
         title_el = None
         if title_el is None: