Insider spotted a couple cases of public agencies using billboards to get their message out. Valley Central reports that a Houston school district has bought Lamar billboards along Expressway 83 advertising a $52,000 starting salary to recruit new teachers. Waupacanow reports that the town of Clintonville, Wisconsin has rented a […]
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Company of the Day: Mixed Media Group
Company: Mixed Media Billboard Advertising Markets: Illinois, Iowa and Detroit Headquarters: Mixed Media Group, Inc. 1152 Liberty Avenue, Cary, IL 60013. Phone: 847-462-8423 Mixed Media operates bulletins, 2 digital billboards and numerous “adlites” (6 by 12 billboards) in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The company’s signs are concentrated in McHenry […]
OAAA Special Report: 50 Interviews Reveal What’s On Your Mind
By: Nancy Fletcher, President and CEO, OAAA April 4, 2016 The out of home (OOH) advertising industry is: In transition Proud of its capacity to adjust to change, and Both optimistic and cautious about the future Those are key take-aways from 50 interviews I just completed with OAAA principals (thank […]
Company of the Day: KEM Advertising
Company: KEM Advertising Markets: California, Nevada, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tesax, Louisiana, Mississippi, alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland. Headquarters: Kem Texas, Ltd. 4515 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX 78312. Phone: 210-737-3000 KEM Advertising is an independently owned outdoor advertising agency with headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. The company has been in the […]
Company of the Day: View Outdoor
Company: View Outdoor Markets: Indiana and Illinois Headquarters: 1000 E 80th Place, Suite 700 N, Merrillville, IN 46410. Phone: 866-757-8439 View Outdoor was formed by Dean White in 2004. White has previously been the founder and owner of Whiteco Outdoor which was sold in 1998. View owns 575 locations in […]
Kentucky Tourism Site installs billboards.
The Wycliffe Mounds State Historic site has installed two large billboards across from the park entranse and two smaller billboards inside the park according to the West Kentucky Star. The billboards were paid for with finding form the Federal Highway Administration, KY Department of Tourism and Kentucky Transportation Cabinent. The […]
Why You Should Record Billboard Leases and Easements.
An unrecorded billboard lease or billboard easement is trouble waiting to happen. Whoever buys the land can allege that the lease or easement is not in effect if it is not recorded. Here’s an interesting case from Wisconsin. A company built a bowling alley and received an easement from the […]
Gordon Outdoor
Company: Gordon Outdoor Advertising Markets: Kansas and Oklahoma Headquarters: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Phone: 918-636-6474 Gordon Outdoor Advertising operates billboards in Oklahoma and Kansas. Jeff Gordon is the company’s owner. Brian Firth is the company’s in-house graphics artist and production manager. The company operates multiple static, trivision, and LED signs throughout […]
Flynn Sign Company
Company: Flynn Sign Company Markets: Tennessee Headquarters: 85 Burnett Street, Crossville, Tennessee 38555 Phone: 931-484-9591 Email: Sales@Flynnsigns.net Flynn Sign Company is a family owned and operated business started in 1948 by Bill Flynn to hand paint and service signs. In 1970 the company moved to its 85 Burnett Street location. […]
From the Archives: Five Questions For Matt Schulze, Selective Strutures.
Matt Schulze is a partner at Selective Structures, an Athens Tennessee company which fabricates and installs sign poles, billboards, scoreboards and digital signs. Selective Structures annually fabricates over 1000 billboards each year. You can contact Matt at mschulze@windstream.net, 706-473-3250. Matt’s got the best how-I-entered-the-outdoor-business story of anyone I’ve ever met. […]
