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This is a list of people who have been video jockeys on the music channel MTV.. Originally hired to represent a wide array of musical tastes and personal ethnicities, VJs eventually became famous in their own right.
VH1 Classic: Music videos primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, but also the 1960s and 1990s, concert footage, vintage movies, and original programming focused on adult hits, classic hits and classic rock music.
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 ...
Later VJs included Bobby Rivers, who joined in 1987, Tim Byrd of WPIX-FM (the current day FM rebroadcast of WFAN), a station whose eclectic ballad-and-R&B oriented format mirrored that of VH-1, Roger Rose - Actor and comedian (Ski Patrol), and Alison Steele ("The Nightbird" of WNEW-FM). Rosie O'Donnell later joined the outlet's VJ lineup.
The original VJs look back, 40 years later: 'The first 24 hours of MTV were held together by duct tape' Lyndsey Parker. July 30, 2021 at 11:41 PM.
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown: October 28, 1994: November 28, 2015 Pop-Up Video: October 27, 1996: September 21, 2012 Crossroads [a] October 31, 1994: 1998 8-Track Flashback: September 23, 1995: February 15, 1998 VH1 Dance Machine: 1997: 1998 Emma: October 8, 1999: November 5, 1999 Insomniac Music Theater: 1999: 2005 Nocturnal State: August 2005 ...
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.
John J. "J. J." Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 – March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality. He was one of MTV's five original VJs (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn).