Author: billboardinsider

Sam Stokely on protecting your rights during a condemnation

Stokely Outdoor’s Sam Stokely is a busy man.  He and two other employees run a billboard plant with 808 faces in Oklahoma.  He’s also been involved in several billboard condemnations due to the widening of an interstate between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.  Stokely gives the following tips on protecting your […]

Broadsign Introduces AI Assistant

MONTREAL, Feb 5, 2025 – Live from its annual customer summit, Broadsign Connect, in Barcelona, Spain, Broadsign today unveiled a preview of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered creative categorization and approval feature coming to its out-of-home (OOH) advertising platform this spring. A first-of-its-kind development for the OOH industry, the Broadsign […]

Company of the Day: West Coast Billboards

Company: West Coast Billboards Market: California Email: westcoastbillboards@gmail.com Phone: 559-736-1569 West Coast Billboards is a small family owned company which operates on out of home plant in the following California counties: Madera County Tulare County Kern County Kings County   To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard […]

How Out of Home Companies Pay Sales Employees

Thank you to all OOH owners/managers who contributed their collective wisdom to our compensation survey. It was one of the biggest response rates Billboard Insider received from any survey. Feedback I received is that the survey is far too short and doesn’t dive deep enough into compensation challenges. That is […]

Jim Poage on the Importance of Fall Protection

Last week Billboard Insider wrote about a worker who died falling from a Manhattan billboard.  We asked Formetco’s safety expert Jim Poage to comment My first response was sadness over a worker being killed.  Regardless of the job, it is always a very sad situation when someone is killed or […]

Company of the Day: Waverly Media

Company:  Waverly Media Market:  Florida Headquarters:  4188 Dairy Ct, Suite D, Port Orange, Florida  32127 Phone: 386-322-3600 Waverly Media is a 20 year old company which operates a bus bench advertising business in Pasco County, Florida with coverage in: Deltona Deland Edgewater Holly Hill Port Orange Marilyn Garrett is the company’s […]

LA Proposes New Penalties for illegal Signs

Editors note.  Our article about the Los Angeles Sign Ordinance included a picture of signs along Hollywood Blvd.  We apologize to anyone who read the article as suggesting that any of the signs in the picture is an illegal sign.  That wasn’t our intent.  We have removed the picture from […]

Marketing All Stars speaking at OAAA 2025

As the 2025 OOH Media Conference approaches, the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) is excited to announce a distinguished lineup of top brand marketers and leaders who will showcase how OOH is reshaping the marketing landscape. This year’s conference will focus on “The Power of Presence” and […]

Company of the Day: Ward Sign Company

Company:  Ward Sign Company Markets:  Texas Address: 107 E US Highway 84, Fairfield, TX. 75840 Email: wardsigncompany@gmail.com Phone: 903-389-5249 Ward Sign Company has a sign, billboard and banner business in Fairfield, Texas.  Garrett Ward is the firm’s manager.     To receive a free morning newsletter with each day’s Billboard […]

What to do when you get a condemnation letter

Out of home appraiser Paul Wright estimates that there are 200-400 billboard condemnations in the US each year.  If you are in business long enough, your out of home company will receive a letter from a state transportation authority notifying you that they are condemning the land on which your […]