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Company of the Day: Ozark Poster Advertising

Company: Ozark Poster Advertising Markets: Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. Headquarters: 114 N. Sycamore St, Harrison, Arkansas  72601 Phone: 870-741-5567 Ozark Poster Advertising is a 3rd generation family owned and operated business located in Harrison, AR. Mosco F. Cash Jr. bought the company in 1964, when it consisted of just […]

Company of the Day: Keystone Outdoor Advertising

Company: Keystone Outdoor Advertising Markets: Philadelphia Metro Market: Tri-State area targeting Philadelphia suburbs, Trenton and Southern New Jersey, as well as Delaware. Includes all bridges, major expressways and key arterials Headquarters: 536 Ryers Ave. Cheltenham, PA 19012 Phone: (856) 767-5028 Paid Advertisement

Ad Age Says Technology Fuels Out-of-Home Renaissance

Ad Age has noticed that “out-of-home advertising is drawing a steady stream of marketing dollars even as other forms of traditional advertising lose ground to digital.”  Technology creates the ability to tailor outdoor ads to local consumers.  Here are some of the examples Ad Age talks about: A Chicago billboard […]

Montana Transportation Commission Discusses Digital Signs and Transit Advertising

The Montana Transportation Commission is in the midst of a rulemaking to overhaul the sign code.  The Commission discussed the proposed rules at length in its January 28, 2016 meeting (see pages 14-26 of meeting minutes). KRTV and KTVH report Lamar is not happy with a proposed digital sign rule which would require […]

Public Agencies Use Billboards

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 […]

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 […]

Hall County Denies Billboard Height and Setback Variance

Gainesville Times reports that Hall County Georgia has approved a digital sign at Browns Bridge Road and Georgia 369 but has denied a height and setback variance.  Advantage Outdoor has asked to the sign to be 50 feet high versus a 35 foot code and wants to put the sign […]

Wallkill to regulate billboards.

The board of the town of Wallkill, New York will adopt a local law to regulate the number and location of billboards in town according to MidHudsonNews.com.  Wallkill is in Orange County, New York.  The proposed billboard law includes the following Limits new static and digital billboards to parts of […]

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 […]

Jarred Saba on Buying Billboard Leases

There are several companies which want to buy outdoor advertising easements:  Landmark, Milepost Capital, Billboard Property Group and Lease Advisors.  Insider is skeptical about some of these companies but thinks it never hurts to talk to anyone any time. Lease Advisors was founded in 2008 and is the nation’s leading lease acquisition […]