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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
MTV's five original VJs in 1981 were Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J. J. Jackson and Martha Quinn. The VJs were hired to fit certain demographics the channel was trying to obtain: Goodman was the affable everyman; Hunter, the popular jock; Jackson, the hip radio veteran; Blackwood, the bombshell vixen; and Quinn, the girl next door.
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 ...
Started in 1984 by Ted Turner in an attempt to compete with MTV; unlike that channel, it had no VJs. It was short lived. Classic Music Channel: Classical Broadcasting Company The Gospel Network: Hit Video USA: 1980s video channel based out of Texas, aired on some broadcast channels during overnight periods.