MEDIA NOTES

          CBS Sports' coverage of Sunday's final round of The
     Masters drew a preliminary national rating of 14.1/31 share,
     up 53% over last year (CBS Sports)....Bruins radio announcer
     Fred Cusick has resigned after 45 years of TV and radio
     announcing (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/16)....NHL ICE, a joint venture
     between the NHL and IBM, will broadcast live radio calls of
     NHL playoff games via www.nhl.com.  The site also features a
     daily audio pre-game show, sponsored by CBS SportsLine, and
     hosted by former NHL goalie Greg Millen (NHL ICE)....Spanish
     Language cable sports network Fox Sports Americas has
     launched a new bilingual consumer sports hotline which will
     be promoted through a domestic multi-media ad campaign.  The
     hotline number is 1-800-390-8076 (Fox Sports Americas).
     ...The Indians extended their contract to air 70 games per
     season with WUAB-TV through 2001 (Indians)