Company: Franklin Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 20092 Edison Circle East • Clearwater, MN 55320 Markets: Minnesota, Wisconsin Phone: 320.558.3000 Email: mail@franklinoutdoor.com Franklin Outdoor is a family-owned business started in 1978 by Jim Franklin and now owned by his son Keith Franklin. The company operates a plant of over 780 billboards located on all major roadways throughout […]
David English of Ad-Trend asked Insider about the pros and cons of hurricane frames. Here’s what billboard structure expert Matt Schulze of Selective Structures had to say. Matt, what’s a hurricane frame? A hurricane frame is a face for a billboard which consist of steel arms which allow the wind […]
Last week Insider reviewed OSHA inspection fines given to out of home advertising companies. Insider asked Formetco safety director Jim Poage to comment on the results. OSHA wrote $152,000 in fines during the past 12 months as a result of display advertising inspections but those fines were later reduced to $99,285. […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick Norton Outdoor Advertising (“Norton”) sued the City of Cincinnati (“the City”) when the City passed a new tax on billboard revenues (“the Tax”) to become effective on July 1st. Norton is arguing that the Tax is an unconstitutional violation of their freedom of speech. […]
Insider calculates that falls have accounted for 56% of outdoor advertising accidents reported to OSHA over the past 15 years and electrocutions have accounted for 31% of the outdoor advertising accidents reported to OSHA over the past 15 years. Two news items from last week reinforce the importance of safety […]
John L. Ray, a pillar of the billboard industry in West Virginia and surrounding states, died on August 17. He was 94. “John Ray made so many contributions to protecting the outdoor advertising industry over the past 75 years,” said Wade Leslie, president of West Virginia Outdoor based in Charleston. […]
Company: Foster Interstate Media Markets: Illinois, San Francisco Headquarters: 1111 Broadway, Suite 1515, Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-832-7070 Email: outdoor@fosterinterstate.com Chicago Digital Sign Foster Interstate Media was started in the mid-1990’s and has designed, built and operated numerous high profile wallscapes and displays in California and Illinois. The company’s major projects have included: Construction and operation […]
Chris Quirin is a managing partner of Charter Digital Media. Chris likes to golf: “I like to walk 9 holes of golf early. Let’s me enjoy golf, get exercise and start the day with a good attitude.” Here’s a picture of Chris on the Eisenhower Park course on Long Island. […]
“The response has been excellent. Excellent investment.” Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…” David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up. […]
OSHA inspections can be costly. Insider just finished reviewing data on penalties written by OSHA to display advertising companies (NAISC Code 541850) for the 12 months ended August 2018. OSHA wrote $152,000 in penalties to 26 different display advertising companies during inspections in the past 12 months. The average initial […]
