Step right up! The 2019 OBIE Awards Call for Entries is open. Throw your hat into the ring for a chance to win at ‘The Greatest Sh-OBIE!” The OBIE Awards honor creative excellence in the OOH industry. Does your OOH campaign have the creative strength to defy the odds? […]
Author: John Weller
Company of the Day – InterState Outdoor, Inc.
Company: InterState Outdoor, Inc. Headquarters: 1009 S. Pollock, Selma NC 27576 Market: North Carolina Phone: 800.232.9072 Email: warren@interstateoutdoor.net Interstate Outdoor is a family owned and operated company, headquartered in Selma, North Carolina. Their service area currently covers 42 counties including most of eastern North Carolina with over 900 faces. Their […]
Company of the Day – International Outdoor
Company: International Outdoor Headquarters: 28423 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Markets: Metropolitan Detroit Phone: 248.489.8989 Email: info@iobillboard.com International Outdoor was founded on November 19, 1997 as an independent operator and owner of outdoor advertising assets. Since that time it has been wholly owned by Hind Oram […]
Billboard Ban and Free Speech Collide in Alaska
Alaska’s Outdoor Advertising Law, was passed by citizen initiative in the 1990s. That law is very broad, and prohibits the public from: (1) placing signage within a right-of-way, and (2) placing signage on private property within 660 feet of the right-of-way if the sign is viewable from the roadway. Because […]
Billboard Insider Classifieds October 13, 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 […]
OAAA Supplier Webinar: Lightking
OAAA held a Supplier Update Webinar this week, featuring Lightking, with a theme of Turning Static Boards into LED Now. Here are a few of Insider’s take aways from the Webinar led by Timur Colak, President of Lightking. Lightking sees two impediments to converting static structures to digital: Permitting Cost, […]
Allison Outdoor Tabs Keith Horton as New General Sales Manager
Sylva, NC 10/10/18—Locally owned Allison Outdoor Advertising has hired OOH Veteran Keith Horton as General Sales Manager effective October 1st, 2018. Horton brings 35 years of Out of Home media experience to Allison Outdoor. He previously worked in Outdoor Sales and Management in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson area with Fairway […]
Merger of the Day – InSite Mediacom/Martin Outdoor Media
Companies: Insite Mediacom & Martin Outdoor Media Markets: Billboard Market includes Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia and Maryland Transit Bench Market – Southern California Headquarters: InSite Mediacom – 150 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 3, Plantation, FL 33317 Martin Outdoor Media – 1990 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA […]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings To Adams Outdoor $505 Million in Notes
Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned preliminary ratings to three classes of secured billboard revenue notes, issued by Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership (LP). The Notes are primarily secured by substantially all Billboard Assets owned by the Issuer. As of August 31, 2018, the Adams operated, in the aggregate, approximately 9,789 […]
Political Ads: ‘Essential to 1st Amendment Protection’
By Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs In northern Nevada – its airwaves crowded with political ads – Rep. Mark Amodei figures he can cut through the racket with billboards. Compared to political attacks on TV, (digital) billboards are sharp-looking, positive, and ever-present, says the candidate, seeking a fifth term […]
























