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Quinn et al weren’t just the faces of MTV — they also became real-life friends, cohosting subsequent shows together, and even coauthoring a tell-all book, VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's ...
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. Initially, they were nothing more than on-air personalities, but as the popularity of MTV grew, they began to branch out past just ...
The now-iconic “moon landing” guitar riff blasted; Warner Cable executive John Lack intoned, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock ‘n’ roll”; the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” hit ...
As a VJ, Jackson hosted the long-awaited and much anticipated "unmasking" of KISS. He was one of the few African Americans to DJ an "album rock" radio station. After five years at MTV, Jackson returned to Los Angeles radio, JJ's first gig after MTV was 106 KWST then at KROQ-FM in 1987, then as program director of modern rock/alternative station ...
Mark Goodman (born October 11, 1952) is an American radio host, TV personality and actor. He is best known as one of the original five video jockeys (VJs), along with Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, J. J. Jackson and Martha Quinn, on the music network MTV, from 1981 to 1987.
The music channel that changed pop culture forever is turning 40. MTV is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Aug. 1, and ET is revisiting the channel's biggest moments with two of its most beloved ...
Quinn joins the other surviving original MTV VJs in hosting programs for The 80s on 8 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm). On the September 22, 2005 episode of Comedy Central 's new series The Showbiz Show with David Spade , Quinn appeared as herself in mock archival footage (dating back to 1983) from her MTV days.
In 2013, he and Blackwood, Goodman and Quinn co-authored the book "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave," published by Atria Books. [ 1 ] Hunter co-founded Birmingham's Sidewalk Film Festival , named by Time magazine as one of the top ten "Film Festivals for the Rest of Us" [ 2 ] and serves as its board president.