putting the new medium of music videos at the forefront of pop culture. MTV also helped invent a brand-new on-air gig: the video jockey, a.k.a. VJ, with five young, charismatic hosts who introduced videos and interviewed artists.
Today, four of the five the original MTV VJs — Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn, and Alan Hunter – can be heard exclusively on SiriusXM’s 80s on 8. Here and above, watch Goodman reminisce about the lead up to the channel’s launch, what it was like developing...
Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn, four of MTV’s original VJs, have kept in touch over the years and are now sharing their stories in a new book, “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave.” They talk to TODAY’s Matt