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)       December 1, 2003



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

          Kansas                    1-04721                    48-0457967
(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.

     On December 1, 2003,  KPMG LLP ("KPMG") was engaged as independent  auditor
for Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") and for the Centel Retirement Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees ("Plan") for the year ending December 31, 2004.

     As previously  reported,  the Audit  Committee of the Board of Directors of
Sprint  determined that Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") would be replaced by
KPMG as the independent  auditor for Sprint and for the Plan for the year ending
December 31, 2004. This action  effectively  dismisses Ernst & Young as Sprint's
and the Plan's  independent  auditor  for the year  ending  December  31,  2004;
however, Ernst & Young will  continue  as  Sprint's  and the Plan's  independent
auditor for the year ending December 31, 2003.

     Ernst & Young's reports on the Plan's  financial  statements as of December
31,  2002  and 2001 and for each of the two  fiscal  years in the  period  ended
December 31, 2002 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, 2001 and 2002 and through
the date of this Form 8-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, 2001 or 2002
or through the date of this Form 8-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,  dated  December  4,  2003,  is
attached as Exhibit 16 to this Form 8-K.

     During the fiscal  years ended  December  31, 2001 and 2002 and through the
date of this Form 8-K,  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.

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: December 4, 2003             By:  /s/ Gene M. Betts
                                        Gene M. Betts
                                        Pension and Savings Trusts
                                        Committee Member















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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number       Description                                              Page

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