John J. Jackson, Jr. was one of MTV's 5 original VJs (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn). He first gained prominence while working at WBCN in Boston in the late 1960s, then at KLOS in Los Angeles for 10 years. Jackson was one of the first DJs to introduce Americans to The Who and Led Zeppelin. Wikipedia
By all accounts JJ The VJ was a nice guy . Some background about him from About.com :J.J. Jackson had a successful career as a DJ long before his days with MTV. www.tommcmahon.net/2005/10/but_its_alright.html
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for J.J. Jackson. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%2eJ%2e_Jackson