Author: billboardinsider

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 […]

Legal Marijuana Sparks Explosion in Billboard Ads

Cody J. Riebe, Public Relations & Content Specialist at BillboardsIn Marijuana is a big business. It is now recreationally legal in nine states and medicinally in thirty. It’s estimated that it will be a $21 billion industry by 2021. This is good news for the out-of-home industry. Here at BillboardsIn, […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Superior WI DMA

Did you know: Over 1,000 ships enter the Port of Duluth every year, making it one of the largest inland freshwater ports in America. Although the city no longer hosts any professional sports teams, Duluth fielded an NFL team called the Eskimos in the 1920’s This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight […]

Company of the Day: Dusty’s Outdoor

Company: Dusty’s Outdoor Media Markets: Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: 1207 Network Center Blvd, Suite 3C, Effingham, IL  62401. Phone: 1-866-593-8789 Dusty’s operates a billboard plant with 424 structures with 28 in the construction process in four mid-western states.  The company’s goal is to have 500 faces by the end of 2019, excluding acquisitions. […]

C&S Saves $30,000 on Digital Billboard with Watchfire/Blip Incentives

C&S Outdoors owns 3 billboards in Alabama.  C&S saved $30,000 on the upfront cost of a digital sign by using an innovative partnership between Watchfire and Blip.  Insider talked with Grant Cox, manager of C&S Outdoors about the plan. Grant tell us a little bit about your digital sign project. […]

Josh McWhorter on Horton Outdoor’s Pending Capital Raise

Last week the private equity firm McWhorter Capital Partners announced it was partnering with Bartow Street Capital to raise $150 million  for the continued expansion of Horton Outdoor.  The fundraising is anticipated to take 12-18 months.  Insider talked with McWhorter about the campaign. Josh, you’re seeking to raise the $150 […]

Best Paint for Billboard Structures

Insider received two followup questions from last week’s painting billboard structures post and asked our billboard fabrication experts to respond What primer and paint have proven best in terms of longevity for wood and metal structures? What companies specialize in painting billboard structures? Jon Odom, President, Productivity Fabricators. We have […]