UNITED STATES
                       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)     October 14, 2004


                               SPRINT CORPORATION
             (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)

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Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October  15,  2004,  Sprint  Corporation  ("Sprint")  issued a press  release
announcing  certain strategic  actions,  including an asset impairment charge to
its long distance  network assets,  and that it expected to report third quarter
2004  adjusted  earnings per share in excess of the mean analyst  estimate of 21
cents per share.  See Sprint's  press release  dated October 15, 2004,  filed as
Exhibit 99 and  incorporated  by reference herein,  for a definition of adjusted
earnings per share.

Item 2.06      Material Impairments

On October 14, 2004,  Sprint  concluded that a non-cash charge for impairment of
its long distance  network  assets would be required to be recorded in its third
quarter 2004 financial results under generally accepted  accounting  principles.
See Sprint's  related press release dated October 15, 2004,  filed as Exhibit 99
and  incorporated  by  reference  herein,  for a  discussion  of the  facts  and
circumstances surrounding this conclusion.

On October 19,  2004,  Sprint  announced  that the pre-tax  non-cash  impairment
charge to its long distance assets will be approximately $3.5 billion.


Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits


99   Press Release dated October 15, 2004 announcing  certain strategic actions,
     including an asset impairment charge to its long distance network assets.








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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.


                                        SPRINT CORPORATION



Date:  October 19, 2004                 By:  /s/ Michael T. Hyde
                                           Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary














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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Description                                                      Page

99        Press  Release  dated October 15, 2004  announcing  certain
          strategic actions,  including an asset  impairment  charge to
          its long  distance network assets.




























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