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          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).

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