CATHOLIC NETWORK SHIPPING IN, MTV OUT AT POINT MUGU.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. It's going to be bye-bye, Beavis and Butthead butt·head n. Vulgar Slang A person regarded as stupid or inept. , hello Solemn Mass Solemn Mass (in Latin Missa solemnis) or Solemn High Mass or simply High Mass, when used as technical terms, not merely as descriptions, refer to the full ceremonial form of the Tridentine Mass, to which rules applied which were rigidly distinct from those of the Assumption at the Naval Air Weapons Station, where the commanding officer is yanking MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. in favor of a Catholic cable channel. Starting Sunday, the base's Channel 16 will switch from carrying the popular music video network to broadcasting the Eternal World Television Network, officials said this week. The change will affect about 1,100 cable subscribers who live on the base or in military housing in nearby Camarillo or San Nicolas Island San Nicolas Island (sometimes shortened as San Nic or SNI) is the most remote of California's Channel Islands. It is part of Ventura County. The 14,562 acre (58.93 km² or 22. . Already, the protests are rolling in, many from families of young, enlisted en·list·ed adj. Of, relating to, or being a member of a military rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer. enlisted Adjective personnel who fall in MTV's core viewer age group of 18 to 24. ``How can they do this?'' asked Camille Echeverry, who lives in the Camarillo base housing tract. ``I love MTV. My husband and I love to watch music videos. Why don't we have any choice in this?'' That's because cable service on a military installation is a privilege, not a right, base officials say. ``Once you give a privilege, you have to make some decisions,'' said base spokesman Alan Alpers. ``In this case, we have a finite number of channels and we try to offer a mix which meets the needs of our viewership view·er·ship n. The people who watch a television program or motion picture: a largely male viewership. .'' The base is adding eight stations altogether: the Catholic station; two other religious stations - Trinity Broadcasting and Faith and Values; Turner Classic Movies; the History Channel; The Weather Channel; Lifetime; and the Learning Channel. The order came from Capt. Stephen D. Beal, the commanding officer of the Naval Air Weapons Station and a Catholic. Beal was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Alpers said Beal's decision to ditch MTV came from a survey sent to cable subscribers in April. Seventeen out of the 107 respondents said they would like to see MTV gone from their cable lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. , Alpers said. That's just under 16 percent of respondents and less than 1 percent of total subscribers. But it was enough of a reaction to make a decision, Alpers said. MTV is filming at the network's summer beach house just down the road from the base. MTV officials said they have not been notified of the changes and would have no comment. So far, 50 people have called to complain, said Phil Shockley, the company's general manager. ``Base residents are very unhappy,'' Shockley said. ``All we can do is refer them to the captain's office.'' |
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