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VJ offers a firsthand account from MTV’s original video jockeys, detailing the network’s explosive growth from 1981 to 1985. Through interviews, the book explores how MTV reshaped culture and created a generation of music‑literate youth.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Memoir/Professional Memoir
Authors: Nina Blackwood
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