TEAM DEALS: RAPTORS RAP UP THE FAN; LEARNING TO FLY ON UPN

          The Raptors are switching radio stations after signing
     a three-year deal with Canada's all-sports station The Fan,
     according to Chris Zelkovich of the TORONTO STAR.  The deal
     comes "even though" CFRB-AM, which carried Raptors' games
     for the team's first three years, "still had a year left on
     its contract" with the team.  Zelkovich writes that the
     team, which wanted to be part of an all-sports format, and
     The Fan "worked out a deal" with CFRB, which is owned by
     former Raptors Owner Allan Slaight, and now wants "to
     concentrate on its news-talk format" (TORONTO STAR, 7/10). 
     In Toronto, Rob Longley writes that CFRB "did little to
     promote the Raptors through pre- and post-game programming,"
     and once tape-delayed a weekday afternoon game "so as not to
     interrupt key drive-time programming" (TORONTO SUN, 7/10).
          FLYERS ON UPN: The Flyers agreed to a multiyear deal
     with WPSG-UPN to broadcast the team's games next season,
     according to Jerry Brewer of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.  The
     station will televise three preseason games, "at least" 20
     regular-season games and "certain playoff road games"
     (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 7/10).  Comcast SportsNet will
     continue as the Flyers' cable TV home.  WPSG-UPN Program Dir
     Mark Cooper said the station will "work the games around UPN
     programming" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 7/10).