Posted: Wed., Jan. 1, 1997, 11:00pm PT

OSCAR WATCH

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Roy Christopher once again will serve as production designer for this year's 69th Academy Awards. It will be his 10th time in the job, an Academy record. He has won an Emmy four times for his production design for the Oscars. He also has had stints designing the Emmys, Grammys and Tonys, as well as the series "Frasier," "Wings," "Newsradio" and "Murphy Brown."