 ) MTVs Video Jockey'sBy Marc "Devil Dog Of The Web" Iseli / Updated Dec. 2025 At 12:01 a.m. in the summer of 1981, America got hit with a rocket launch that didn’t even require a NASA budget, just a TV and a questionable sense of fashion. Some disembodied voice declared, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!” and suddenly five VJs with hair bigger than a flight deck, Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn, and J.J. Jackson- parachuted into our living rooms. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” started blasting, and MTV was officially unleashed on the unsuspecting public. Welcome to the 24/7 party, no liberty pass required. The VJs were supposed to be a musical United Nations, but before long, they were more famous than half the bands they introduced. At first, they just stood around looking pretty and reading cue cards, but MTV’s popularity turned them into the rock-and-roll version of Walter Cronkite, if Cronkite wore parachute pants and had a perm. Next thing you know, they’re interviewing rock gods and hosting shows like they actually knew what they were doing. Not bad for a gig that started out as glorified DJ duty.  Original MTV Video Jockey's
Late 80s MTV Video Jockey's
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