Mark J. Goodman

Mark Goodman has translated his success in the music business both to the small and the big screen in a career that spans over four decades Having started in a local radio station in his hometown of Philadelphia he eventually became the music director of the station in 1978 Two years later Goodman moved to NYC to land a job at WPLJ the number one rock station in The Big Apple It was in 1981 that he left his post at WPLJ to join the still unknown music video channel MTV at the time Thus he got the chance to become one of the original five VJs on MTV from 19811987 As a VJ he conducted a great number of interviews with a wide range of music and entertainment stars of the day Furthermore he could be also seen hosting some special shows for the channel like The Week In Rock 120 Minutes as well as the first show ever syndicated to broadcast by MTV The Top 20 Video Countdown He slightly neglected his hosting work in the late 80s to pursue an acting career that saw him playing in both film and TV Goodman starred in features like Police Academy 6 City Under Siege 1989 and Man Trouble 1992 while on TV he made appearances in shows like Married With Children FOX 19871997 and The Practice ABC 19972004 among others It was in the mid2000s that Goodman returned home on VH1 and VH1 Classic mostly doing interviews and hosting special programs while continuing to broadcast 7 days a week on SiriusXM Satellite Radio Wikipedia Source Mark Goodman is a radio DJ TV personality and actor He is best known as one of the original five VJs on MTV from 1981 to 1987 He was supposed to be the first of the five to be broadcast at MTVs premiere on August 1 1981 However due to errors sequencing the clips he was the last of the VJs to introduce themselves after Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles and You Better Run by Pat Benatar