MEDIA NOTES

          On the front page of today's BOSTON GLOBE, Bruce Mohl
     examines the increase of cable rates in MA.  While TV
     customers in MA "have seen their rates rise at least" 10%
     each of the last two years, "bigger increases may loom on
     the horizon."  Rachel Ribarczyk, Regional Marketing Dir for
     Harron Communications, a MA cable operator, on ESPN's
     planned 20% increase in August: "It's the highest increase
     I've ever seen in my tenure in cable."  Paul Trane of MA-
     based Telecommunications Insight Group: "Nobody's going to
     blame the NFL, TNT or ESPN for the rate increases.  They'll
     blame their local cable operator" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/22).
     ...Bob Trumpy, on why he's not a part of CBS's NFL
     announcing team: "[CBS Sports President] Sean McManus told
     me I was too high-profile with NBC for too long.  I thought
     that would be the greatest plus" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER,
     6/22)....In Boston, Jim Baker wrote that WBZ-AM "rejected" a
     proposal for "The McDonoughs," a talk show with Will and
     Sean McDonough, due to a "steep asking price" (BOSTON
     HERALD, 6/21)....Atlanta's Media One TV picked up "Denny
     Neagle and The Meck," a half-hour weekly program with the
     Braves P and AL-based sportscaster David Meckey.  Up until
     then, the show had only been airing in Alabama (ATLANTA
     CONSTITUTION, 6/21).