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Feedback on Premiere Panels

Insider received some comments on the Clear Channel Outdoor’s announcement that it had transformed 1,300 sign faces into “Premier Panels.” One reader comments: ClearChannel has offered these wrapped 30 sheets for decades in the California market as an upgrade to traditional poster showings. The presser about this “new” thing confused […]

Company of the Day: Coastal Outdoor

Company:  Coastal Outdoor Markets:  North Carolina, South Carolina. Address:  2025 Corporate Centre Drive #206, Myrtle Beach, SC  29577 Phone: 843-692-2334 Coastal Outdoor operates a plant with 902 bulletins and 24 digital billboards in North and South Carolina including following DMA’s: Myrtle Beach/Florence Charleston Wilmington The company was founded in 1996  […]

7 Ways OOH Works with Online and Mobile

Jesse London has 25 years experience in media sales including 20 years experience selling out of home.  Last week he talked about selling out of home versus TV.  Today he talks about 7 ways out of home complements online and mobile ads. How do you see out of home working […]

Billboard Leader at White House Summit to Fight Human Trafficking

The White House invited the president of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Texas to a national summit against human trafficking. On January 31, Lee Vela of Clear Channel Outdoor-Houston attended at all-day summit at the White House, with President Trump, Vice President Pence, Ivanka Trump, and Attorney General William Barr. […]

Company of the Day – CRG Advertising

Company: CRG Advertising, LLC Market: Connecticut Phone: 860-961-4818 Email: cghione@crgadvertising.com CRG Advertising operates 4 digital faces and 7 static faces in Connecticut.  The signs range in size from 10.5 by 22 to 14 by 60.   The firm was founded in April 2009 by Charlie Ghione after stints as an […]

How to Make Billboard Scaffolding

This 1 minute video shows how Formetco makes billboard scaffolding. Insider talked with Formetco Hardware Sales Manager Denise Roberts about scaffolding. Denise how long have you been making billboard scaffolding. Formetco has been manufacturing the same scaffold since 1979. Last year we sold over 100,000 linear feet in platforms alone, […]

Company of the Day: Cuerden Signs

Company:  Cuerden Sign Co Markets: Arkansas Headquarters: PO Box 187 Conway, AR  72032-0187 Phone: 501-329-6317 Email: cuerden@swbell.net Cuerden Sign Company was founded in 1920 by Henry Cuerden.  The firm originally painted signs.  Over time it entered the neon sign and billboard business.   The firm is owned and operated by the Burton family.  Jasper […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds February 1, 2020

Billboard Insider Classifieds work: “Thanks to you and your website I’ve hired a General Manager.  We received several qualified applicants in response to our Billboard Insider classified”  Justin Powell, Owner, Huntington Outdoor “I bought my General Liability from Stu at Bassler and Co that I learned about on Billboard Insider.  I told […]

Company of the Day: Colorado West Outdoor

Company:  Colorado West Outdoor Advertising Market:  Grand Valley, Colorado Headquarters:  2475 Commerce Blvd. Grand Junction, CO  81505 Phone:  970-242-5248 Colorado West Outdoor Advertising is a second generation family-owned firm which owns over 100 billboards as well as a bus bench and bus shelter advertising business in Grand Junction Colorado.  The company was started in […]

Wrapping an Entire Poster Face

Yesterday Clear Channel Outdoor announced it had upgraded 1,300 structures to “Premiere Panels”.  Looks to Insider like Clear Channel is wrapping the entire face of of certain posters rather than installing the vinyl under the face’s frame.  The result is this… in place of this… Insider likes the bigger bolder […]