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Nina Blackwood is an American television personality and radio DJ known for her role as one of the original MTV VJs. Her work during the early days of MTV helped shape the music video era and introduced viewers to new music trends. Blackwood's influence extends to her radio career and continued contributions to the entertainment industry.
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"I worked with three people who were doing video music shows before MTV."

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"Now that the 90's are over and more time has gone by, the 80's sound fresh again."

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"When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference."

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"The heyday of video music was the mid 80's."

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"We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour."

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"I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories."

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"People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen."

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"I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time."

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"First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos."

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"My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that."

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"The thing that they were more freaked out was that I had done a spread for Playboy years before, and as Playboy always does, they exploit the exploitation and re-release different pictures."

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"Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites."

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"When you are young your imagination is so clear."

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"I have two syndicated radio shows though United Stations Radio Network."

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"Absolute 80's is three hours of mainstream 80's music. I also do New Wave Nation that is more cutting edge. It is more punk stuff from the 70's to the 90's."

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"Interviewing people is pretty natural for me."

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