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McCaffrey Leaves Clear Channel Outdoor

DETROIT (September 5, 2017) — Gas Station TV (GSTV), one of the largest media networks in the United States, today announced Sean McCaffrey as its new President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.  McCaffrey succeeds David Leider, GSTV’s co-founder and CEO of nearly 12 years, who grew the company to a national presence […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Indianapolis

Did you know… Indianapolis has the second most monuments and memorials in the nation with 33, behind only Washington DC. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Indianapolis DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in their geekOUT Library. For more information […]

Company of the Day: Mid-America Advertising

Company: Mid-America Advertising Headquarters: 100 W. Hazel Dell Road, Springfield, IL 62712 Markets:  Illinois, Missouri & Kansas Phone: 217-585-7110 Email: info@midamericaadvertising.com Established in 1993 by Partners Jeff Stauffer, Bob Connors and Dave Stukenburg, Mid America Advertising specializes in interstate and primary highway locations.   [wpforms id=”9787″]   Paid Advertisement  

What’s Next? Big Things Happening in OOH

By Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA OAAA’s fall calendar is loaded with new benefits to help you sell, manage, and promote OOH advertising. In October, Nielsen will release new research that shows how OOH activates online advertising.  This is the next phase of Nielsen research, building on its recent […]

Robert “Bob” Dahl Obituary

Robert “Bob” Dahl, age 71, of Bourbonnais, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral, Florida.  He was 71 years old. He was born August 9, 1945 in Kankakee, the son of Harold Curtis & Marguerite Joy Brumbaugh Dahl. Bob was the founder and president of […]

Company of the Day: Micro Outdoor

Company: Micro Outdoor Markets: West Virginia, Maryland. Headquarters: 2 Miller Hill Road, Osage, West Virginia 26543 Phone: 304-319-4141 Micro Outdoor Advertising owns 200 billboards in north central West Virginia and Maryland.  The firm’s plant includes billboards in the following communities: Morgantown, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia Bridgeport, West Virginia Fairmont, West Virginia Anmoore, West […]

Ben Bedsole Obituary

Insider has learned that Georgia billboard owner Ben Bedsole died August 17, 2017 at age 48.  Bedsole was the owner of Bedsole Outdoor which operates billboards in Dawsonville Georgia an Leeds, Alabama.  Bedsole also co-owned a digital billboard in McDonough, Georgia and managed billboards for other owners. Ben is survived […]

Company of the Day – Michigan Outdoor

Company: Michigan Outdoor Advertising Markets: Michigan Headquarters: PO Box 2399, Petoskey, MI  49770 Phone: 231-348-0011 Email: steve@michiganoutdoor.com Michigan Outdoor operates a 23 face billboard plant in northern Michigan and the upper peninsula of Michigan.Stephen Murray, owner, has been in the outdoor advertising business for over 35 years, 29 of the […]

Digital Billboards Survive Hurricane Harvey

Insider hears from the digital billboard manufacturers that digital billboards in Houston held up well during Hurricane Harvey.  Clear Channel Outdoor kept all their displays on during the hurricane to provide PSA messaging. Several operators had to deal with power outages but the digital billboards were incredibly resilient.  Here’s a […]

Smartlink controls billboards during eclipse.

Billboard Insider has written before about the benefits of using SmartLink to remotely control the illumination on your boards.  One of the benefits of the SmartLink system is that you can remotely set your illumination schedules from anywhere simply on your cell phone.  Here’s an actual Lamar board which is […]