Birthday Of The Weekend: MTV Is Entering Its 30s

With Social Media and camera phones everywhere, it's hard to NOT rememebr what happens in an instant ... but take that away and try to remember where you were 30 years ago this weekend: when Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood and J.J. Jackson debuted with a new channel called MTV

MUSIC TELEVISION, also popularly known as MTV is turning 30 years old this weekend (It launced on August 1st, 1981) and it's remarkable to think that a TV Station playing music VIDEOS was revolutionary at that time. Want a chance to relive some of those times? well you are in luck. 4 of the Original MTV VJs (J.J. Jackson passed away in 2004) will be reuniting over the radio this weekend and will play some of the hits and share stories of the early times of MTV.

Check out the Rolling Stone Interview with one of the original VJs, Mark Goodman by clicking here.

You can also check out an interview with the 4 remaining VJs here by The New York Post.
Below are the 5 Original MTV VJs that started a revolution. Do you miss the good old days of MTV? What do you think of everything MTV is doing nowadays?

and since this IS a new generation of information sharing: you can "Like" the Orignal VJs on Facebook by clicking here