But those original VJs — Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn — remain icons of the era. Quinn et al weren’t just the faces of MTV — they also became ...

A voice announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!” and five fresh faces—Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn, and J.J. Jackson—were introduced to America.

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. ROCKLAND — Nina Blackwood has been star-struck only a couple of times. Once was when she saw Paul McCartney at a party and was afraid to talk to him.

In a quartet in which each personality was reaching for the brightest corner of the spotlight, original MTV veejay Nina Blackwood might have stolen the show in the new tell-all book, VJ ...

Martha Quinn still has an unwashed teacup Paul McCartney left behind at an interview Marianne Faithfull dumped her wine glass on Nina Blackwood Mark Goodman made triple Quinn%27s salary On camera ...

Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn band together to document a no-holds-barred portrait of the music channel. By Erin Carlson When MTV debuted in 1981, decades before ...

Click through to check out what MTV's first veejays -- Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman, J.J. Jackson and Nina Blackwood -- have been up to since they signed off. quicklist: 1title ...

Nina Blackwood picks up the phone, and you instantly know it’s Nina Blackwood. Her voice is just as raspy as you remember it from her MTV days — maybe even raspier. Back in the 1980s ...

Nick Digilio chats with the awesome Nina Blackwood! In this podcacas, she chats about the new book she co-authored called VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave and the time John Cougar ...

The music and culture of the 1980s will flash back to downtown Las Vegas this summer as Fremont Street Experience presents “Nina Blackwood’s Absolutely ’80s” summer concert series and ...

Together, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn and the late J.J. Jackson invented the role of VJ and worked it on MTV from 1981 to 1985. The four survivors tell all in “VJ ...

Hosted by the raspy-voiced Nina Blackwood, the show is dedicated to ’80s-era punk and new-wave hits by acts such as Adam and the Ants, the B-52s, and the Cure. Blackwood was one of the original ...