VJ

A video jockey (usually abbreviated to VJ, or sometimes veejay) is an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as the United States' MTV, VH1, Fuse TV, non-commercial TVU, Canada's MuchMusic, and Asia's Channel V. Other alternative names for a VJ include "VDJ" (Video DJ) and "MVJ" (Mobile VJ). The term "video jockey" is a derivative of the term "disc jockey", "DJ" (deejay) as used in radio. The term was popula... More

Also known as:

  • video disc jockey,
  • video jockey,
  • veejay,
  • VJs

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  • 2001
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