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The network will kick off its 2017-18 regular season college football schedule with a doubleheader featuring four ranked teams on Saturday, Sept. 2, beginning with No. 17 Florida vs. No. 11 Michigan in Arlington, Texas, at 2:30 p.m. ET, immediately followed by No. 1-ranked Alabama vs. No. 3 Florida State in Atlanta.

Leslie Scott has been selected as the inaugural mentee for the Mentoring & Inspiring Women in Radio-Nielsen Music Mentoring Program. This new collaborative initiative is aimed at increasing the number of women in radio programming positions. The mentorship runs for one year.

The NAB was quick to defend radio with a detailed response to the Miller Report. NAB Executive Vice President of Communications, Dennis Wharton took apart Miller's findings, point by point, calling the report "silly" and highlighting how radio continues to thrive with millenials and remains relevant after nearly 100 years in existence. Here's exactly what Wharton had to say.

Larry Miller is the Director of the Steinhardt Music Business Program at New York University, and for some reason he's written a report that dumps all over you. The release of this report, backed by SoundExchange, comes at a most interesting time -- when just about every radio station in America is giving up airtime to help the residents in Houston and the Gulf Coast.

According to the June Triton Digital ranker, the Boston market showed the largest increase at 2.2% compared to May 2017. Seattle-Tacoma was next with an increase of 1.78%, followed by Philadelphia at 1%. The biggest fall-off was in Denver, off 5.2%, Washington DC was next at 5%, and Phoenix was at 3.79%. For the month of June (M-F/6A-8P) Pandora lead all listening, followed by Spotify, iHeart, and NPR. Check out the ranker HERE.

The market Mark Thomas will oversee includes the stations WSGW-AM, WSGW-FM, WTLZ, WGER, and WCEN. Thomas has over 30 years experience, including working for iHeart in Riverside and as Market Manager and Regional VP with Regent Communications/Townsquare in Flint, Evansville, and Grand Rapids.

Fanpage, a startup whose app allows users to create fan pages, connect with others based on compatibility, and compete to become the biggest fan, has raised $3 million and is partnering with Townsquare and iHeartMedia. The company plans to spend a major portion of the money on user acquisition, including radio, digital, and live event campaigns with iHeart and Townsquare.

The provider of commercial and program delivery services has moved into larger digs and added radio veteran Trent Muldrow to the team. Muldrow will provide technical support, training, and installations for the company’s AIM and MediaShooterPro softwares.

It's KRBE Houston PD Leslie Whittle's turn to report in on how her team is doing in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. She says Houston is definitely entering the recovery phase of this effort. "As we begin to recover, we continue to ask for the continued prayers and assistance from our fellow broadcasters." In the meantime, KRBE's live, local coverage continues.

The company has announced that radio industry veteran Paul Shulins has been hired as Vice President Chief Technology Officer. Shulins served as Director of Technical Operations for Greater Media Boston for the past 28 years after starting his career as a Radio Chief Engineer