She co-hosted Ed McMahon's Star Search and did segments on The Early Show. After MTV declined to renew Quinn's contract in 1986, she did three years of TV guest spots, then was rehired by MTV and dumped again in 1992. Her favorite interviews: Bob Dylan, who has a "wonderful, giving presence," and David Lee Roth, who would "just start talking," Quinn said. ![]() The girl-next-door face and manner helped make her the best-known video jockey at MTV. She was a 20-year-old broadcasting major and radio disc jockey at New York University in Manhattan when MTV signed her. ![]() Because the station wasn't even available in Manhattan for its first year, the five of them took a bus to New Jersey, cramming into a bar to see MTV's debut, and its first music video, "Video Killed the Radio Star." It's still the one video that all five remember, now that they have all moved on.
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