Business

Safety Harness Saved Billboard Worker’s Life

Daily News  reported in April 2016 a safety harness saved a Southeastern Displays employee’s life when he fell from a billboard. Worker Dwayne Butts fell 8 feet while attempting to attach vinyl to a billboard.  His safety harness caught him and prevented him from falling to the ground. Insider’s Take: […]

Company of the Day: Turner Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Turner Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters: 940 Eikel Street, New Braunfels, TX  78130 Phone: 830-609-SIGN Email: info@turneroutdooradvertising.com Turner outdoor advertising has been in South Central Texas for 25 years.  The company has 25 billboard structures located on I-55 between San Marcos and San Antonio.  Most of the billboards are […]

Company of the Day: Toby Outdoor

Company: Toby Outdoor Markets: North Carolina, Virginia Headquarters: P.O. Box 11397, Charlotte, NC  28220 Phone: 704-577-3157 Toby Outdoor was founded in 1984 by Jim Troy. Jim’s career in the outdoor business began as an apprentice in operations and sign maintenance in 1971. This apprenticeship lasted 7 years, thru high school […]

The Next Data Play – Billboard Companies

Seeking Alpha has an interesting article posted on the opportunities for billboard companies to become the next generation of data carriers. Some excerpts from the article: Data will grow dramatically over the next 10-20 years. Seeking Alpha views tower companies great long term investments. They see billboard companies as an under […]

Kentucky Billboards Keep Kids Safe

With a new school year approaching for hundreds of thousands of Kentucky schoolchildren, motorists will soon start seeing reminders across the state to watch out for stopped school buses. Starting this week, 45 billboards will be displayed across Kentucky, warning drivers of the danger of passing a stopped school bus. The billboard […]

Landmark Approaching Billboard Companies

Insider hears that Landmark Dividend employee Scott Furcolow, a former Lamar and Adams lease manager and GM is approaching billboard companies offering to purchase billboard easements or to provide long term leases as an alternative to financing. Insider has seen enough Landmark transactions to know that you need to be […]

Company of the Day – Sierra Displays

Company: Sierra Displays Market:  Northern Nevada. Headquarters: P.O. Box 51534 Sparks, Nevada 89435-1534 Phone:  775.825.7900 Email:  Robin@SierraDisplays.com Sierra Displays is a locally owned and operated outdoor advertising company serving the Northern Nevada market, specifically Reno and Sparks, for over 25 years. Paid Advertisement

Dearden and Ugeux Exit Clear Channel Outdoor

Campaign reports that Matthew Dearden, Clear Channel Outdoor’s President,Europe has left the company.  Dearden joined Clear Channel Outdoor in 2010 and was president of Clear Channel UK prior to accepting the post of President of Clear Channel, Europe. Partick Ugeux, the chief transformation officer at Clear Channel International has also […]

Company of the Day: See-Co Outdoor

Company:  See-Co Outdoor Advertising Markets: Oklahoma Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Phone: 405-641-9243 See-Co operates a 35 face billboard plant in Purcell, Norman and Guthrie, Oklahoma.  The company is owned by Jim Benson.     Paid Ad    

Billboard Spacing

What’s proper billboard spacing?   When Insider approaches Winnemucca Nevada on I-80 he sees thirteen 14 by 48 steel monopole billboards spaced 500 feet apart on on the south side of the freeway.  They show up as small dark lines off I-80 on the google map picture below.  Many of […]