But my good pal Fred Seibert, the one who came out of radio and helped create the graphic look of MTV, his reason for getting into TV was very different.

One of your great supporters who I'd worked with

And when MTV had to think beyond music videos, he played a crucial role.

For me, it was a great transition from the radio world to the television world because there were so many similarities.

If you had picked me up and tried to drop me into a broadcast network to do scripted filmed entertainment, I would have, I think, flailed and failed miserably.

But ultimately, we all learned a lot of lessons about the fragility of this brand new thing, music videos.

And that was something that we all kind of had to learn in real time.

It was humbling.