PADRES SLIDE INTO A NEW RADIO HOME: INK $20M FOUR YEAR DEAL

          The Padres will "switch radio stations beginning with
     the 2000 season" in a new four-year deal with KOGO-AM,
     according to Jay Posner of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE.
     KOGO's parent company, Clear Channel Communications, is
     paying the Padres $20M over the next four years in rights
     and promotional fees, and sources said the deal is "about"
     $4M more than current partner KFMB's offer.  The Padres also
     extended the contract of play-by-play announcer Jerry
     Coleman by three years.  But the status of Coleman's
     broadcasting partner, Ted Leitner, is undecided, as he is
     "under contract to KFMB" through May 31, 2000.  KFMB
     President & COO Ed Trimble: "It's not our desire for Ted to
     leave. ... We have to try to do some type of relationship
     where we can all live with it" (S.D. UNION-TRIBUNE, 5/11).