SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)        June 25, 2004



                         CENTEL RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                          FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          Kansas                     1-04721                  48-0498479
(State of Incorporation)     (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification No.)


     6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas                66251
       (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (913) 624-3000



          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


               P. O. Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                (Mailing address of principal executive offices)




Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

     The Centel  Retirement  Savings Plan for  Bargaining  Unit  Employees  (the
"Plan") filed its Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended  December
31, 2003 (the "Form 11-K") on June 25, 2004. As previously reported,  on October
14, 2003,  the Audit  Committee of the Board of Directors of Sprint  Corporation
("Sprint") determined that Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") would be replaced
by KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the independent  auditor for Sprint and for the Plan for
the year ending  December 31, 2004.  This action  effectively  dismissed Ernst &
Young as  Sprint's  and the  Plan's  independent  auditor  for the  year  ending
December 31, 2004;  however,  Ernst & Young continued as the Plan's  independent
auditor for the audit of the Plan's financial statements as of December 31, 2003
and the fiscal year then ended until the filing of the Form 11-K.

     Also as previously  reported,  KPMG was engaged as independent  auditor for
Sprint and for the Plan for the year  ending  December  31,  2004 on December 1,
2003.

     Ernst & Young's reports on the Plan's  financial  statements as of December
31,  2003  and 2002 and for each of the two  fiscal  years in the  period  ended
December 31, 2003 did not contain any adverse  opinion or  disclaimer of opinion
and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting
principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 and through
the filing date of the Form 11-K, there were no disagreements  between Sprint or
the Plan and Ernst & Young on any matter of accounting  principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure,  or auditing scope or procedures,  which, if not
resolved to the  satisfaction of Ernst & Young,  would have caused Ernst & Young
to make reference to the matter in their report. None of the "reportable events"
described in Item  304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange
Commission have occurred during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 or 2003
or through the filing date of the Form 11-K.

     Sprint  has  requested  Ernst & Young to  furnish  the  Plan  with a letter
addressed to the Commission  stating whether Ernst & Young agrees with the above
statements.  A copy of Ernst & Young's  letter is attached as Exhibit 16 to this
Form 8-K.

     During the fiscal  years ended  December  31, 2001 and 2002 and through the
date Sprint and the Plan engaged  KPMG,  neither  Sprint nor the Plan nor anyone
acting on their behalf  consulted KPMG  regarding (1) either the  application of
accounting principles to a specified transaction,  either completed or proposed,
or the type of audit  opinion  that might be  rendered  on the Plan's  financial
statements or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement  with
Ernst &  Young  on  accounting  principles  or  practices,  financial  statement
disclosure,  or auditing  scope or  procedures,  which,  if not  resolved to the
satisfaction of Ernst & Young, would have caused Ernst & Young to make reference
to the matter in their  report,  or a  "reportable  event" as  described in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission.




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Item 7.  Exhibits.

      16. Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from Ernst & Young.





















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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                                 CENTEL RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                                 FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES


Date: June 25, 2004              By:  /s/ E. J. Holland, Jr.
                                      E. J. Holland, Jr.
                                      Co-Chair Employee Benefits Committee













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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number      Description                                         Page

  16.       Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission
            from Ernst & Young.