Insider calculates that falls have accounted for 56% of outdoor advertising accidents reported to OSHA over the past 15 years and electrocutions have accounted for 31% of the outdoor advertising accidents reported to OSHA over the past 15 years. Two news items from last week reinforce the importance of safety […]
John L. Ray, a pillar of the billboard industry in West Virginia and surrounding states, died on August 17. He was 94. “John Ray made so many contributions to protecting the outdoor advertising industry over the past 75 years,” said Wade Leslie, president of West Virginia Outdoor based in Charleston. […]
Company: Foster Interstate Media Markets: Illinois, San Francisco Headquarters: 1111 Broadway, Suite 1515, Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-832-7070 Email: outdoor@fosterinterstate.com Chicago Digital Sign Foster Interstate Media was started in the mid-1990’s and has designed, built and operated numerous high profile wallscapes and displays in California and Illinois. The company’s major projects have included: Construction and operation […]
Chris Quirin is a managing partner of Charter Digital Media. Chris likes to golf: “I like to walk 9 holes of golf early. Let’s me enjoy golf, get exercise and start the day with a good attitude.” Here’s a picture of Chris on the Eisenhower Park course on Long Island. […]
“The response has been excellent. Excellent investment.” Out of home broker Stephen Minnich. “…we have received no less than 15 responses the ad you ran for us to sell our Quad Cities billboard plant…” David Buring “FYI, today we got two requests from out of home companies to sign up. […]
OSHA inspections can be costly. Insider just finished reviewing data on penalties written by OSHA to display advertising companies (NAISC Code 541850) for the 12 months ended August 2018. OSHA wrote $152,000 in penalties to 26 different display advertising companies during inspections in the past 12 months. The average initial […]
Earlier this week solar powered billboard expert Kevin Conlin discussed the state of the art in solar powered billboards. Today Kevin continues his discussion using pictures to illustrate his points. Areas of the country with cloudy winters require a larger solar array to compensate, such at this 3160W array in […]
Out of home companies are commemorating Aretha Franklin’s remarkable life. Lamar is running creative on 500 units across the US. Here are Aretha Tributes by Outfront Media, Joyce Outdoor and Marquee Media. Here’s a free Aretha Franklin billboard design which you can obtain from the Daktronics website. [wpforms id=”9787″] […]
Company: Fluhman Outdoor Media LLC Markets: West Texas, Southeastern New Mexico Headquarters: 505 South Arthur Street, Amarillo, TX 79102 Phone: 806-678-7778 Email: bruce@fluhmanoutdoor.net Fluhman Outdoor Media (FOM) began in the summer of 2013, and in just five years has grown to over 400 billboards in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. […]
Darlington County (South Carolina) changed its sign ordinance to allow digital billboards; the new ordinance was approved August 13. Those advocating updates to local controls to keep pace with technology will find model components in the Darlington County. Here’s how the county changed its ordinance: The county added a definition […]
