Registration No. 333-59124



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ________________________

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ________________________

                               SPRINT CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                      Kansas                           48-0457967
           (State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer
         of incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)

            Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                            ________________________

                     1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
          (Shares previously issuable under the 1990 Stock Option Plan)
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                            ________________________

                              CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT
    Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary
                                  P.O. Box 7997
                       Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
                            ________________________






                        EXPLANATORY NOTE


     This Registration  Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
13,300,000  shares of FON Common Stock and 13,600,000 shares of PCS Common Stock
issuable  under the 1990 Stock  Option  Plan,  which was adopted as a subsidiary
plan under and pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (the "1997
Program"), which had been approved by Sprint's shareholders.

     On February 10, 2004, in compliance  with the  settlement of the derivative
litigation  brought by Amalgamated Bank, as Trustee for The Longview  Collective
Investment Fund, Sprint's Board of Directors combined the 1990 Stock Option Plan
with and into the 1997  Program to form a single plan (the "Plan  Combination").
Options granted under the 1990 Stock Option Plan before the Plan Combination are
now deemed  granted  under the 1997  Program.  Accordingly,  the purpose of this
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 is to  reflect  the fact that the shares of FON
Common Stock and PCS Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and not
previously issued in connection with the exercise of stock options granted under
the 1990  Stock  Option  Plan  before  the Plan  Combination  will be  issued in
connection with the exercise of options granted under the 1997 Program,  but not
for any other awards permitted under the 1997 Program (such as restricted stock,
performance share, or other stock unit awards).






  PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 8.     Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

   4.     1997  Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program,  as  amended
          (filed as Exhibit 4 to Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2
          to  Sprint Corporation's Registration Statement on Form
          S-8   (No.   33-59349)  and  incorporated   herein   by
          reference)

  24.     Power of Attorney.














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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this  Amendment  to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 12th day
of February, 2004.

                                   SPRINT CORPORATION



                                   By  /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
                                       (Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President)



      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Name                    Title                          Date

                        Chairman of the Board and   )
G. D. FORSEE*           Chief Executive Officer     )
                        (Principal Executive        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                        Executive Vice President    )
ROBERT J. DELLINGER*    - Chief Financial Officer   )
                        (Principal Financial        )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    )
                        Senior Vice President and   )
J. P. MEYER*            Controller                  )
                        (Principal Accounting       )
                        Officer)                    )
                                                    ) February 12, 2004
                                                    )
DUBOSE AUSLEY*                   Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
E. LINN DRAPER, JR. *            Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.*             Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
L. K. LORIMER*                   Director           )
                                                    )


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                                                    )
C. E. RICE*                      Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
LOUIS W. SMITH*                  Director           )
                                                    )  February 12, 2004
                                                    )
GERALD L. STORCH*                Director           )
                                                    )
                                                    )
STEWART TURLEY*                  Director           )



/s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
___________________________

*    Signed by Claudia S.
     Toussaint, Attorney-in-Fact,
     pursuant to Power of Attorney
     filed with this Amendment to
     the Registration Statement No.
     333-59124.








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                          EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

   4.     1997  Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program,  as  amended
          (filed as Exhibit 4 to Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2
          to  Sprint Corporation's Registration Statement on Form
          S-8   (No.   33-59349)  and  incorporated   herein   by
          reference)

  24.     Power of Attorney.