BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Here are 11 things Alan Hunter says he'll never forget about being an MTV VJ. (In his own words, from a 2001 story in The Birmingham News): We were all stuffed in a little ...

"I wasn't the world's greatest VJ, or the one who knew the most music ... Aretha Franklin made chili for Alan Hunter. After Martha Quinn interviewed Bob Dylan, he whisked her off to Ireland ...

only to find that path blocked by his success as a VJ. "I would go to auditions, and they would be, 'Hey, it's Alan Hunter from MTV,'" he says. "What I didn't understand is that I had played 'me ...

The top U.S. single at the time was Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl.” Alan Hunter was the first VJ to speak on the network. And the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the ...

As one of the five original VJs who launched MTV into the Moonman stratosphere 40 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1981, Alan Hunter helped put ... “I was the VJ that loved being out of the studio the ...

Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn stopped by TODAY on Monday to discuss their new book, "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave." (J.J. Jackson, another of the ...

Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwell and Mark Goodman. With JJ Jackson deceased, there’s been an inconspicuous absence on the satellite radio broadcaster’s lineup. Martha Quinn is the other VJ who ...

More than just a sex, drugs and rock'n'roll memoir, "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of ... Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn. Here's an excerpt. David Lee Roth was convinced ...