8-K

                       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, 2003



                               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)



Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

     On October 14,  2003,  the Audit  Committee  of the Board of  Directors  of
Sprint  Corporation  ("Sprint")  determined that Sprint's  independent  auditor,
Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young"),  would be replaced by KPMG LLP  ("KPMG") as
the independent  auditor for Sprint for the year ending December 31, 2004. Ernst
& Young will  continue  as  Sprint's  independent  auditor  for the year  ending
December  31, 2003.  Ernst & Young was notified of this  decision on October 14,
2003.

     KPMG's appointment is subject to the completion of KPMG's client acceptance
and transition procedures.

     Ernst & Young's reports on Sprint's consolidated 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 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  Sprint  with a  letter
addressed to the Commission  stating whether Ernst & Young agrees with the above
statements.  A copy of Ernst &  Young's  letter,  dated  October  17,  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 anyone acting on its 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 Sprint's consolidated  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.


                                   SPRINT CORPORATION


Date: October 17, 2003             By:  /s/ Michael T. Hyde
                                        Michael T. Hyde
                                        Assistant Secretary


















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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number      Description                                                 Page

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

EX-16

                                                                      EXHIBIT 16

October 17, 2003



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4 of Form 8-K dated October 14, 2003, of Sprint Corporation
and are in agreement with the statements contained in the first, third and
fourth paragraphs on page 1 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with
other statements of the registrant contained therein.

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                              Ernst & Young LLP