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Grey Vick on Growing a Family Owned OOH Company

Grey Outdoor has become a significant part of the OOH community in the Carolinas.  Grey Vick and I met to discuss potential lending options back in 2014 and we spent some time last week talking about the development of Grey Outdoor. Grey, I went back through my records and saw […]

What Does It Take To Win?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN? Webinar Thursday, Dec. 4 @ 2pm ET Have you ever wondered what judges look for in a creative awards show? The IBO Creative committee will be reviewing the 2025 Indie Impact Award winners to reveal some insights into what traits make a winning entry. […]

Company of the Day – Grate Outdoor

Company: Grate Outdoor Headquarters: 4014 McDonough St, Joliet, IL 60431 Market: Will & Grundy Counties Phone: 815-729-9745 Email: cgrate@sbcglobal.net Grate Outdoor is headquartered in Joliet, Illinois and serves portions of Will and Grundy counties.  The company owns and operates all static signs with 25 faces located mostly along state highways. Their […]

Wells Says Changes Coming to Geopath

Clear Channel Outdoor CEO Scott Wells appeared at  last week’s Wells Fargo TMT Conference.  Here’s a summary of his comments sponsored and analyzed by Signvalue. Banking, pharma and insurance are up Banking and financial services have been going gangbusters this year…I think pharma has been somewhat bigger than we expected, […]

Tony Hull Explains Billboard Lease Financing

There are four forms of debt financing available to out of home companies: factoring; lease financing; private lending and bank financing.  We have previously explained why factoring isn’t used much by out of home advertising companies. Today we talk with Tony Hull of YESCO Financial Solutions about billboard lease financing. […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Extends DC Airports Contract

Washington, D.C.  – Clear Channel Outdoor’s Airports Division, the Americas-based airports business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), today announced it was awarded, through a competitive process, a new 10-year contract (with a five-year renewal option) with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), beginning March 1, 2026. This agreement reaffirms […]

Company of the Day: Great Falls Bench Advertising

Company: Great Falls Bench Advertising Markets: Montana Address: 1720 10th Ave South, Suite 4-290, Great Falls, MT  59405 Email: sales@gfbenchad.com Phone: 406-580-8664 Great Falls Bench Advertising operates a network of 247 benches with advertising in downtown Great Falls, Montana.  The bench ads are priced at $75-150/month.       To receive […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds November 22, 2025

“Billboard Insider classifieds section is where everyone in OOH goes to find job openings, equipment, and everything between. A great resource for Out-of-Home!” John James, SignBird “We got a big boost in qualified applicants from running our Ad on your site.”  Rodney Davis, Transformation Media “I’ve gotten several leads of […]

MH Outdoor on the Best Way to Monitor and Control Your Lights

Outdoorlink makes products which help you monitor and control your billboard lights and digital billboards.  We talked with Thomas Thrash, Operations/Lease Manager at MH Outdoor Media, LLC. about how MH Outdoor uses Outdoorlink controllers to monitor bulb outages and reduce labor costs. Tell us a little about your plant? We […]

Neil Bell on Billboard Lease Terms

Neil Bell of New South Outdoor writes this in response to Billboard Insider readers want long term leases in order to put up billboards. Dave, I really appreciated the poll from this morning regarding lease term. I completely agree with most readers that long-term leases are a must if you’re […]