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Nina Blackwood | |
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| Born | September 12, 1955 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, music journalist, MTV VJs, actress, model |
Nina Blackwood (born September 12, 1955[1] ) 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.
Blackwood was born Nina Kinckiner in Springfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Methodist minister.[2] She grew up on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio and later attended Rocky River High School,[2] graduating in 1970. Prior to entering broadcasting, Blackwood appeared naked in the August 1978 Playboy pictorial, "Girls of the Office," as a brunette;[2] the same issue coincidently featured an interview with another future cable television pioneer, Ted Turner. After moving to California, she studied at the Strasberg Institute.[2] Blackwood acted in a number of TV show and films, making appearances in the 1982 movie Vice Squad, Revenge of the Stepford Wives, and the 1993 film Reckless Kelly.[1]
She was chosen for MTV's original video jockey lineup, along with Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and J. J. Jackson. After leaving the network in 1986, she hosted her own "Rock Report" for Entertainment Tonight.[2] She also hosted the TV music show Solid Gold from 1986-1988. Blackwood has appeared on A Current Affair, Access Hollywood, VH1, The Discovery Channel, and MSNBC.[1]
In 1999, Blackwood and longtime manager/producer Danny Sheridan launched a nationally syndicated radio show for United Stations Radio Network called Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's.[3] The two followed up with the another nationally syndicated program, the 80's alternative-themed Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation.[4] Blackwood currently hosts a weekday show on Sirius XM Radio The 80s on 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. Eastern. On weekends she co-hosts the Sirius XM Radio show The Big '80s Top 40 Countdown with other original MTV VJ's.
She performed as part of the 2003 road company of The Vagina Monologues.[citation needed]
Blackwood also broadcasts from San Diego radio station FM 94/9 on Sunday mornings.
References
- ^ a b c Nina Blackwood at IMDb
- ^ a b c d e Adams, Deanna R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection. Kent State University Press. ISBN 0873386914.
- ^ "Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's". United Stations Radio Networks. 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Nina Blackwood's New Wave Nation". United Stations Radio Networks. 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.