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MTV's original format was created by the executive Robert W. Pittman, later the president and CEO of MTV Networks. [3] He tested the format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks , on New York City's WNBC-TV in the late 1970s. [ 4 ]
At midnight on Aug. 1, 1981, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and J.J. Jackson stood inside the Loft restaurant in Fort Lee, N.J., to watch ...
J.J. Jackson was the oldest and most experienced of the original MTV VJs, having started his radio career at Boston’s WBCN in the '60s. He then moved to the L.A. station KLOS, where he stayed ...
A pre-MTV example is Jerry Hall's performance in the music video for Bryan Ferry's cover version of "Let's Stick Together", in 1976. Frequently, models already have well-established names and faces, with significant public awareness, before appearing in music videos.
Nina Blackwood is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs (along with Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn). She has been an actress and model noted for her raspy voice.
The 1970s: What a time to be alive. For those growing up in that era, life was all about being young and wild and free. And looking back now, more than a little reckless.
MTV Networks has since produced various original television shows, many of which concern genres unrelated to music. This is an incomplete list of MTV shows that have aired. This is an incomplete list of MTV shows that have aired.
Here's what 40 celebrities who have been famous since the 1970s look like today, from Bruce Springsteen to Paul McCartney, Madonna, Diana Ross, and Mick Jagger.