MEDIA NOTES

          PERSONALITIES: TSN decided "not to renew" the contract
     of Brendan Connor, who served as an anchor on NBA broadcasts
     on the net for the past six years (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL,
     7/3)....Brian Wheeler was named the Blazers' new radio play-
     by-play voice, replacing Bill Schonely, who called Blazers'
     games for 28 years.  Wheeler is currently the voice of the
     WNBA Monarchs (Portland OREGONIAN, 7/3).
          RADIO DAYS: The Redskins "are likely to announce" a new
     three-year deal in the next 10 days with WJFK-FM to continue
     as the team's rights holder and flagship station.  WJFK
     "likely will pay about" $5M a year for the deal (WASHINGTON
     POST, 7/5)....Ottawa Sports Radio announced a deal to carry
     Blue Jays games through 2000.  The station, which also owns
     Senators rights, launches in September (OTTAWA SUN, 7/7).
          NOTES: SI "is slashing" its cover price 16%, or $0.55,
     to $2.95.  The drop puts SI's price $0.04 below ESPN
     Magazine, and rolls back the price hike it instituted two
     years ago (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 7/3)....ESPN's 2Q '98 ratings,
     which included the World Cup, MLB and the NHL playoffs, were
     up 18% from 1Q '98, from a 1.08 to a 1.27 (ESPN).