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We have six days left to go in the month of February, and &#;Black History Month&#; is about to come to a close. I really had a lot of fun doing this theme month, and I wanted to have this upcoming week end with a bang.
But, today happens to be Saturday, and as we enter the last Saturday of the month, I came to a frightening conclusion. I had run out of topics to discuss as far as Saturday Morning cartoons went. I wasn't exactly sure what I could talk about this week and keep it theme related.
That is, until I got a little bit creative.
You see, Saturdays were days in which cartoons would air during the morning hours, and we'd all sit on the couch in front of the television eating cereals that had as much sugar in them as a giant piece of chocolate cake. And, traditionally, they would end right around lunchtime, and we would be forced to go outside and play.
But what if the weather outside was so terrible that you had no choice but to waste an entire Saturday indoorskeeping in
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Our favorite MTV VJs of all time
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- The launch of MTV on August 1, marked a new era in music, entertainment, and pop culture.
- MTV originally played 24 hours of nonstop music videos.
- The VJs were MTV hosts who curated soundtracks, interviewed musicians, and added cultural commentary to music videos.
- The original five VJs were Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, JJ Jackson, Martha Quinn, and Alan Hunter.
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On August 1, , MTV broadcast "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, a British band that was practically unheard-of prior to that day. Hosted by VJs, or video jockeys, MTV aired nonstop music videos, and the network quickly became a cultural sensation.
The VJs curated soundtracks of hit videos, interviewed musicians, and offered cultural commentary and social cont
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The Original fem MTV VJs: Where Are They Now?
Huddled in a Fort Lee, New Jersey, bar on August 1, , the team behind a new television network watched anxiously as their project hit the airwaves. Despite some early glitches — and having to cross the Hudson River since New York City didn’t carry the stations — MTV music television was launched, changing the entire face of the music industry and pop culture, as detailed in the special Biography:I Want My MTV, airing September 8 at 9/8c on A&E.
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 known as VJs: Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Nina Blackwood.
While most of their tenures lasted about fem to sju years, the group has stuck tillsammans throughout the decades, writing a book together called VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave, and