MSG NETWORK BUYS YANKEES RADIO RIGHTS

          MSG Network has agreed to purchase Yankees radio rights
     for about $45M over ten years, according to sources of
     NEWSDAY's Steve Zipay.  MSG already holds exclusive Yankees
     TV rights to 2000 and although MSG doesn't own any local
     radio station, it "might" buy air time on the Yankees' home
     station for the past decade, WABC, whose contract ended last
     year.  MSG would package both radio and TV spots and sell
     the advertising to sponsors (NEWSDAY, 1/17). In N.Y., Bob
     Raissman reports that WABC had offered Yankees Owner George
     Steinbrenner $3M per-year, and WFAN also made a bid in that
     range (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 1/17).