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Company of the Day: Colorado West Outdoor

Company:  Colorado West Outdoor Advertising Market:  Grand Valley, Colorado Headquarters:  2475 Commerce Blvd. Grand Junction, CO  81505 Phone:  970-242-5248 Colorado West Outdoor Advertising is a third generation family-owned firm which owns over 127 billboard faces including 7 digital billboard faces as well as a bus bench and bus shelter advertising business in Grand Junction […]

Formetco is Rethinking Hurricane Protection

Rethinking Hurricane Protection: How Formetco’s Direct-to-Pole Panel-Free® and Standard Panel-Free® Frame Systems Are Changing the Game When it comes to billboard structures in hurricane-prone areas, traditional framing systems often bring more challenges than solutions—excess weight, time-consuming installs, and costly maintenance among them. That’s why Formetco set out to create the […]

Lamar Acquires StreetMediaGroup Denver & Surrounding Market Assets

Loveland, CO – StreetMediaGroup (“SMG”), an operator of billboard and transit assets in Denver and Northern Colorado, announced today that it has divested the company’s billboard and transit assets in Denver and surrounding markets to Lamar Outdoor Advertising (“Lamar”). SMG, the 2nd largest independent out-of-home company in Colorado, was founded […]

Rate this Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Company of the Day – Cleveland Outdoor

Company: Cleveland Outdoor Market: Cleveland, Ohio Headquarters: 2963 Claremont Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 Phone: 216.752.5070 Email: getout@cleoutdoor.com Cleveland Outdoor Advertising is a family owned out of home business started in 1979 by Steve Thompson and Debra Abdalian-Thompson. Steve and Debra continue to operate the business with Steve being in charge of […]

Lamar Revenue up 2.5% in 2Q 2025

“Solid, but not spectacular,” was how Lamar Advertising CEO Sean Reilly described the company’s 2Q 2025 financials.  Here are the results of the 2Q 2025 earnings release and conference call, sponsored and analyzed by SignValue. Net revenue increased 2.5% to $579 million.  Organic growth was 1.9% for billboards, 11.7% for […]

Lind Media Celebrates 35 Years With “35 Acts of Kindness” Campaign

Richland County, OH – In celebration of its 35th anniversary, Lind Media Company is proud to announce the launch of its “35 Acts of Kindness” campaign—a heartfelt initiative aimed at giving back to the Ohio communities that have supported the company’s growth and success for over three decades. This campaign […]

“I’ve Been Working on the Railroad…”

By Steve Nicastro, Account Manager, All Steel Structures, Inc. CHOO-CHOO! There’s a lot to consider when installing a billboard—or in my case, replacing lottery boards on an existing structure—inside a railroad yard. I wanted to share some key steps and lessons from my recent experience. First off, you can’t just […]

Company of the Day: Coast Outdoor

Company:  Coast Outdoor Advertising Markets:  British Columbia Address: 325 – 645 Fort Street, Victoria, BC  V8W 1G2, Canada Email: darren@coastoutdoor.com Phone: 250-388-3733 Coast Outdoor is a family business which operates a billboard, transit and bus plant in British Columbia.  The plant includes 600 total faces including 18 digital faces. The company was founded in 1975 […]

Billboard Insider Classifieds August 9, 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 […]