COLLEGIATE PRO LEAGUE INKS AIR TIME ON PAX TV IN '99

          The Collegiate Professional Basketball League signed a
     $1M TV broadcast agreement with Pax TV, which will televise 
     a majority of CPBL games in the league's eight inaugural
     markets -- Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, DC, NY, NJ
     and Philadelphia.  The agreement allows the league to buy
     time on Pax TV for 96 two-hour broadcasts, which will be
     produced by an independent contractor hired by the league. 
     The CPBL will sell all ad time, and keep all revenue
     generated by the broadcasts.  Pax TV will have a visible
     presence in all CPBL arenas (CPBL).  The games will debut in
     November '99 and will run for 14 consecutive Saturdays from
     noon to 2:00pm.  The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Langdon
     Brockinton reports that the CPBL is also "closing in on a
     national radio deal" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/23 issue). 
     Jonathan Davies of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER writes that each
     team will be featured in 28 televised games making up the 96
     games on Pax TV.  The CPBL will sell 24 minutes of ads in
     each two-hour block (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 11/23).