Nina Blackwood (born September 12, 1955) is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs. She has also been an actress and model. Read full biography of Nina Blackwood →
Because I was the blonde, I was promoted as the video vixen.
When you are young your imagination is so clear.
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... →
The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.
Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites.
I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.
I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver.
I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time.
I get real excited when I hear my shows on the radio.
I grew up in Ohio, and I was a musicologist since I was little; it is all that I would ever read.
I have two syndicated radio shows though United Stations Radio Network.
I was in the pilot for Spinal Tap before it was a movie.