There are two ’80s icons in the room: a huge MTV logo in four shades of neon, and a tiny Martha Quinn in scrappy sneakers, jeans and a red V-neck sweater. She has been up since 6:30 a.m., has ...

By Gary Trust Martha Quinn didn’t have any plans to audition for the role of MTV VJ, even for most of the day that she auditioned. In the summer of 1981, while hanging out at New York’s WNBC ...

Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn stopped by TODAY on Monday to discuss their new book, "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave." (J.J. Jackson, another of the ...

But those original VJs - Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn - remain icons of the era.

Martha Quinn, 54, was one of MTV's original video jockeys and is co-author of "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave" (Atria). She spoke with reporter Marc Myers The Beatles entered my ...