1. Matthew Pinfield was born on May 28,1961 and is an American television host, disc jockey, and music executive.
25 Facts About Matt Pinfield
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Matt Pinfield first reached national prominence as a VJ on MTV.
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Matt Pinfield served two stints as the host of the alternative music program 120 Minutes, from 1995 to 1999 on MTV and from 2011 to 2013 on MTV2.
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Matt Pinfield later became music director at the station and won several awards before MTV hired him to host their long-running late-night alternative music show in 1995.
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Matt Pinfield has since worked as a DJ and television host for a number of terrestrial and satellite radio stations and television networks.
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Early in his career, Matt Pinfield worked as an on-air host and music director at WRSU-FM, the official radio station of Rutgers University.
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Matt Pinfield developed a close personal relationship with a number of British alternative rock bands such as Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will Eat Itself, and The Wonder Stuff.
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In 1992, Matt Pinfield appeared in an episode of the first season of MTV's The Real World when he interviewed members of the rock group Reigndance on-air at WHTG.
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In 1995, Matt Pinfield began his television career hosting MTV's 120 Minutes.
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In 1999, Matt Pinfield joined Universal Television to host and co-write a live television show about music, farmclub.
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In 2005, Matt Pinfield was asked by The Rolling Stones to host their international radio interview for Premiere networks.
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Matt Pinfield co-starred as himself on several episodes of the Nickelodeon program The Naked Brothers Band.
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Pinfield hosted Sirius Satellite Radio's Matt Pinfield Plays Whatever He Wants and Soundoff with Matt Pinfield.
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In July 2009, Matt Pinfield worked the counter at Jack White's Third Man Records pop-up store, which operated for two days on Chrystie Street in New York City.
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In July 2011, WRXP changed formats and Matt Pinfield left the station to host 120 Minutes, which had been revived by MTV2.
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Matt Pinfield began hosting the revived weekly series on July 31,2011.
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In January, 2012, Matt Pinfield was chosen to host Flashback, the classic rock weekend show on 219 radio stations owned by Cumulus Media.
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Matt Pinfield played himself in an episode of Portlandia on January 4,2013.
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In 2015, Matt Pinfield became a DJ on SiriusXM Radio's Lithium channel from 7 am to 1 pm weekdays.
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On Wednesday, April 20,2016, Matt Pinfield took over the morning DJ timeslot at Cumulus Media's San Francisco outpost, KFOG 104.5.
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In 2016, Matt Pinfield published a memoir, All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life.
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In September 2019, Matt Pinfield covered the Rock in Rio festival for LiveXLive interviewing artists on the backstage.
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Matt Pinfield was honored at the Global Rock Summit 2022 event with the first International Rock Icon of the Year Award for his contributions to music, radio, and media.
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Matt Pinfield was the interviewer for Season 1 of the reality competition show No Cover that aired in April 2022.
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Matt Pinfield was struck by a car that was going 40 miles per hour ; Pinfield broke his leg in two places and split his head open all the way to the skull after hitting the windshield headfirst and striking his head a second time on the pavement.