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Alan Caldwell Hunter (born February 14, 1957) is one of the original five video jockeys on MTV from 1981 to 1987 (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson and Martha Quinn). He is a host on SiriusXM Radio's The 80s on 8 channel and on the Classic Rewind channel.
British author Alan Hunter was famous for his series of George Gently novels focusing on the eponymous English detective. Well regarded in his lifetime, he offered a lot to help progress the genre forwards as a whole. Not only that, but he also had a television series created adapting it as well.
- Mark Goodman. Mark Goodman was already an experienced radio DJ when he landed the MTV VJ job after two auditions — including one where he mock interviewed a staffer standing in an “obnoxious Billy Joel,” he told Gothamist.
- Martha Quinn. Just 22 years old when she landed the job, Martha Quinn had done commercials in college, but more impressively, had a depth of music knowledge.
- Alan Hunter. When MTV first hit the airwaves, the first face that viewers saw was Alan Hunter’s. But that wasn’t exactly the plan — there was a tape mishap and the original segment didn’t quite sync up, so there Hunter was, welcoming the world to the concept of music television.
- J.J. Jackson. Jackson perhaps had the most experience before becoming a VJ, having started in radio in Boston and Los Angeles in the 1960s and then working as a music reporter for KABC-TV in L.A.
Alan Hunter (25 June 1922 – 26 February 2005) was an English author of crime fiction, writing 46 novels featuring Inspector George Gently. Initially a farmer, he became an antiquarian bookseller before writing his first novel.
Alan Hunter is a renowned American Video Jockey and one of the original five (VJs) on MTV from 1981 to 1987 alongside Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, and J.J. Jackson. As of 2021, Alan works as a host on SiriusXM Radio’s The 80s on 8 channel.
May 5, 2013 · Alan Hunter is one of the original MTV VJs and a film producer. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and now lives in Chicago with his wife and two children.
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Alan Hunter has 117 books on Goodreads with 19878 ratings. Alan Hunter’s most popular book is Gently Does It.
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