Aug 24, 2020 · Appropriately, the first music video to air was The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” — introducing an entirely new concept of television, hosted by the first group of MTV video jockeys, also...

Jan 2, 2024 · Video killed the radio star! Discover what iconic MTV VJs like Pauly Shore, Downtown Julie Brown, and more have been up to since their time on the network.

Sep 27, 2024 · When MTV launched in 1981, it changed pop culture forever, and the five original MTV VJs became stars. See what they've been up to since the '80s.

Jun 28, 2021 · At 22, Quinn was the youngest of the original VJs. Now she's the mother of two children and lives in Malibu, California, with her husband, Jordan Tarlow, formerly of the Fuzztones, a garage rock band.

Jan 26, 2025 · The Original Five MTV VJs: Where Are They Now? On August 1, 1981, the crew behind a new television network could be found tensely waiting in a bar in Fort Lee, New Jersey, as their creation made its debut on the airwaves for the first time.

Sep 27, 2024 · Here’s a look at what happened to the original VJs who helped make MTV so special. Sweet and perky Martha Quinn went straight from recent NYU graduate to MTV VJ, landing the job through a...

Sep 12, 2021 · On Aug. 1, 1981, a cable network called MTV started appearing on television sets...well, not everywhere, because households weren't as digitally plugged in as they are now.

Here's a look at what happened to the original VJs who helped make MTV so special. Sweet and perky Martha Quinn went straight from recent NYU graduate to MTV VJ, landing the job through a...

Sep 10, 2021 · One of MTV's original five VJs when the network first launched, Blackwood and her fellow trailblazers spent several years literally just talking about the videos they were playing, before the...

Feb 12, 2021 · We're taking a look back on a bunch of our favorite famous MTV VJs (Carson Daly! Ananda Lewis! Vanessa Minnillo!), and what they're up to now.