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NEWS AND NOTES\Teen's bedroom eyes focus on 'Squirt TV'.


Byline: Daily News Wire Services

Sixteen-year-old video director Jake Fogelnest has moved his New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 public access show, "Squirt TV," to 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.
. The program, seen at midnight Fridays, is shot in Fogelnest's bedroom. Among the guests that appeared on the program's Feb. 23 debut were Adam Sandler, Jackie Chan and Cypress Hill. Among the questions the young host asked Sandler: "Who's your favorite character from 'What's Happening?' " and "Have you ever seen Chris Farley naked?"

Tortorici makes a move: Former CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast.  Entertainment president Peter Tortorici has joined the Carsey-Werner Co., whose credits include "The Cosby Show," "Roseanne," "Grace Under Fire," "Cybill" and "3rd Rock From the Sun."

Is anybody watching?: Rupert Murdoch apparently isn't a regular viewer of his own station WNYW WNYW What New Yorkers Watch (television station in New York City)  in New York.

In a speech at the National Press Club, the Fox and News Corp. top gun blasted fellow mogul and long-time rival, Ted Turner.

Specifically, he was annoyed at Turner's description of him as a "schlockmeister schlock·meis·ter  
n. Slang
One who produces or deals in inferior or shoddy goods or material.



[schlock + German Meister, master; see Meistersinger.
." Murdoch lashed back by trumpeting his Fox successes, citing "The X-Files," "The Simpsons" and NFL football.

"We do, however, draw the line at professional wrestling and brown-nosing foreign dictators," Murdoch said.

A look at the Saturday television listings, though, shows that WNYW, Fox's flagship station in New York, broadcasts WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation.  Wrestling every Saturday at noon.

In fact, wrestling has aired on WNYW since January 1987, a few months after Murdoch's company took over the station in 1986.
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Title Annotation:L.A. Life
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Mar 4, 1996
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