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Mtv saturday night concert plus music videos hosted by vj alan hunter. Mtv, the american cabletelevision music channel, started in new york in august 1981. Mtvs original vjs offer a behindthescenes oral history of the early years of mtv, 1981 to 1987, when it was exploding, reshaping the culture, and creating the. Birminghams alan hunter looks back at his mtv years for vj book photos, video left his hometown for new york city in 1981, he was a newlywed and a fledgling actor, dreaming of a career on broadway. This is a list of people who have been vjs on mtv, the music video channel in the u. Jackson had frontrow seats to a cultural revolutionand the hijinks of pop music icons like adam ant, cyndi lauper, madonna, and duran duranas the first vjs on the fledgling network mtv. I want my mtv music television in stereo 17,292 views. Mtv saturday night concert plus music videos hosted by vj. Whitney houston i wanna dance with somebody who loves me 2.
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A month later, hunter was tapped to join the fledgling mtv, only three weeks prior to its debut. He currently appears on siriusxm satellite radio as one of the hosts for the big 80s and classic rewind channels. See all books authored by alan hunter, including gently does it, and landed gently, and more on. Alan hunter ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Alan hunter was the first vj to speak on the network. The unplugged adventures of mtv s first wave by nina blackwood and mark goodman and alan hunter overview in this highly entertaining snapshot of a wildfrontier moment in pop culture rolling stone, discover the wild and explosive true story of the early years of mtv directly from the original vjs. Alan hunter s allaccess pass to the third annual mtv video music awards in 1986. Original mtv vjs alan hunter and nina blackwood talk new. The former vjs have been seeing more of each other lately, with. Initially, they were nothing more than onair personalities, but as the popularity of mtv grew, they began to branch out past just introducing music clips.
Blackwood, nina, goodman, mark, hunter, alan, quinn, martha, edwards, gavin. Nina blackwood, mark goodman, alan hunter and martha quinn are getting together with rolling stone contributing editor gavin edwards to tell their story in their own words in the forthcoming book vj. Together, nina blackwood, mark goodman, alan hunter and martha quinn and the late j. He is currently a host on the sirius xm radios the 80s on 8 channel, and coowns the production company hunter films with his brother hugh. Jul 02, 2018 alan hunter is your vj from this classic hour of mtv.
Alan hunter was one of the five original video jockeys on mtv from 1981 to 1987. All of his 46 novels feature inspector george gently and are mainly set in east anglia. Alan hunter was one of the first mtv vjs and is a radio host on siriusxm satellite radios big 80s channel. Here are 32 factoids one for every year of mtvs existence taken from the book and our conversations. Vj ebook by martha quinn, nina blackwood, mark goodman, alan hunter author, isbn. Alan caldwell hunter born february 14, 1957 is one of the original five video jockeys vjs on mtv from 1981 to 1987 he is a host on siriusxm radios the. The unplugged adventures of mtv s first wave by nina blackwood, mark goodman, alan hunter, martha quinn, and gavin edwards. Birminghams alan hunter looks back at his mtv years for vj book.
Sep 22, 2017 alan hunter is your vj on this no repeat monday. Mtv s original vjs reminisce about the networks golden era. The unplugged adventures of mtvs first wave book pdf. Jackson had frontrow seats to a cultural revolutionand the hijinks. During hunters mtv tenure, which ran from 1981 to 1987, he and his vj colleagues played musicvideos for such bowie songs as the title track and other hits from the singers smashhit 1983 dance. Alan hunter, original mtv vj book signingappearance at 27. Alan hunter shows off his hometown for i was an mtv vj special 1998 interview updated mar 07, 2019. Jul 22, 2007 when mtv first went on television in august 1981, alan hunters was the first face viewers saw. Vj the unplugged adventures of mtvs first wave epub alan. View alan hunter s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
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