Month: February 2026

Who’s Got the Hot OOH Hand?

by Nick Coston Each year as a combo media buyer and salesperson, I do my best to see which products, which revenue streams, which companies, which brands are the hot ones. Year over year, that trophy doesn’t change all that much as it appears to only move the needle every […]

OAAA Media Conference Speakers Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. — February 18, 2026 — As brands navigate an increasingly automated and fragmented media environment, the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) is bringing together the leaders shaping modern brand power. OAAA today announced additions to an already powerhouse lineup for the 2026 OOH Media Conference, […]

Company of the Day – King Outdoor

Company:  King Outdoor Advertising Markets: Pennsylvania Address: 304 N Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Scranton, PA  18503 Email: info@kingoutdoor.net Phone: 570-344-8250 Founded in 1966, KING Outdoor has been providing innovative outdoor advertising solutions for over 45 years. Current CEO and President Jerry Frank joined the company in 1968 as a bookkeeper […]

Kevin Gepart on solving problems versus peddling products

Thanks to everyone who submitted their toughest OOH sales questions. I will tackle the most common ones over the next few installments. Let’s start with the Number 1 question: “How do we keep competitors from undercutting our rates and stealing our business?” There isn’t a magic solution. Solving it requires […]

Colleges and Universities Spend More than $100 Million Yearly on Out of Home

Some highlights from Where Did All the Ads Go? published by the Postsecondary Ecucation and Economics Research Center.  The report attributes a declined in overall higher education ad spending to declining enrollment and school closures.  Out of home spending however has been stable… The number of higher educational institutions buying […]

Company of the Day: Keenan Outdoor

Company:  Keenan Media Markets: Georgia Address: 1385 Iris Drive SE, Conyers, GA  30013 Email: Info@KeenanMediaLLC.com Phone: 678-806-3473 Brett and Lane Keenan founded Keenan Media to develop out of home locations in Georgia.  The company has 41 total faces including 9 digital faces.  All the structures are steel and all but one are monopoles.  Billboard Insider […]

Richard Rothfelder on Reliance on Surveys

Billboard Insider recently received a question from a reader that I bet many of you have experienced: An ooh company installs or buys a billboard and assumes an old survey is recorded…time goes by and the state highway department widens the highway and finds the sign partially in the existing right […]

Trailhead Media’s Carl Hutchinson Says Be Wary of Lease Inflators

A few weeks ago out of home leasing and development expert told our readers to be cautious about billboard lease escalator clauses.  Trailhead Media Assistant Director of Real Estate agrees:  From my experience, this is exactly where many OOH deals quietly go wrong.  I’ve seen leases that looked completely reasonable […]

Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day: Key-Ads

Company: Key Ads, Inc. Headquarters: 50 East 3rd Street, Dayton, Oh 45402 Markets: OHIO Dayton Columbus Cincinnati Lima Toledo Cleveland INDIANA Indianapolis Fort Wayne KENTUCKY Lexington Phone: (937) 279-0465 Email: sales@key-ads.com Founded in 1955 by Ed Keyes, Key-Ads, Inc. today is operated by Ed’s son and grandsons. Key-Ads has expanded […]