Author: billboardinsider

NY State’s Illegal Highway Signs: What’s the Plan?

New York State’s congressional delegation is keeping pressure on Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) to remove rogue signs from the highway right of way or face loss of federal funds. On February 1, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) told New York State’s DOT that it would withhold $14 million in federal […]

Birth Announcements and Digital Signs

Grey Vick of Vick Outdoor used his digital billboards to announce the birth of a son.  He tells Insider: “We got lots of hits online and social media with the photos of our new baby!!  We ran him on 3 of our digitals after he was born!  Got a couple […]

Regulatory Roundup July 29, 2018

Spearfish, South Dakota is renegotiating three billboard leases with Lamar.  Two of the billboards site on city land at 120 Industrial Drive and the third is on city land at Black Hills Energy Sports Complex.  The leases were originated 20 years ago and generate $900 in revenue per year.  The […]

Finding a past Billboard Insider Article

Insider get lots of phone calls and email requests which go like this: “I’m looking for the article you wrote on _______________ last month.” To help you sift our archived posts, we’ve added a search box just to the right of the Billboard Insider masthead.  Type your keyword or person […]

Company of the Day: Eastern Outdoor

Company:  Eastern Outdoor Markets:  Maryland, Washington, DC. Headquarters: 7115 Rockridge Road, Baltimore, MD  21207 Phone: 410-464-4440 Email: info@easternoutdoor.net Eastern Outdoor is an independently owned outdoor advertising company which specializes in high profile bulletins in Baltimore and Washington DC. The firm was started by Phillip Greenwell in 1932. Current ownership and […]

Out of the Office: Dave Roland

Dave Roland of Roland Digital Media likes to restore things.  He’s turned his office into a 1950’s Texaco Station with a Working Vintage Garage and a Museum of Advertising and Event Center.  The office hosts networking events. Roland also restores vehicles Here’s the interior and exterior of  a restored 33 […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds July 28, 2018

“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.  […]

Company of the Day: Eagle Displays

Company:  Eagle Displays Markets:  California Headquarters: 419 Main Street, Suite #16, Huntington Beach, CA  92648 Phone: 877-663-2453 Eagle Displays operates 6 billboard in the Central Valley of California.  In addition to selling advertising, Eagle displays provides construction, sales and marketing services to property owners who own billboards. The company is […]

Kegerreis Outdoor Acquires Nations Media

Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising has acquired 108 billboards in Winchester VA, Martinsburg WV and Charlotte, NC from Nations Media.  Terms of the transaction were not announced.  With the acquisition Kegerreis has more than 2,500 displays in 7 states. Kegerreis has been doing acquisitions.  In May 2018 Kegerreis bought 57 billboards in West […]

Honeywell Hard Hat Recall

Honeywell has issued a recall notice for their Fibre Metal E2 Cap and their North Peak A79 model hard hats that were manufactured April 2016, May 2016, December 2017 or January 2018.  It has been reported that these hard hats are being recalled due to potential insufficient protection from impact […]