Insider ran a timely article this week from the OAAA on OOH People in Public Office. This week the Tennessee Committee on Government Operations held a Rule Review meeting. Included on the agenda was as request from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to amend their rules related to the […]
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Company of the Day: Eagle Displays
Company: Eagle Displays Markets: California Headquarters: 419 Main Street, Suite #16, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Phone: 877-663-2453 Eagle Displays operates 6 billboard in the Central Valley of California. In addition to selling advertising, Eagle displays provides construction, sales and marketing services to property owners who own billboards. The company is […]
Kegerreis Outdoor Acquires Nations Media
Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising has acquired 108 billboards in Winchester VA, Martinsburg WV and Charlotte, NC from Nations Media. Terms of the transaction were not announced. With the acquisition Kegerreis has more than 2,500 displays in 7 states. Kegerreis has been doing acquisitions. In May 2018 Kegerreis bought 57 billboards in West […]
Honeywell Hard Hat Recall
Honeywell has issued a recall notice for their Fibre Metal E2 Cap and their North Peak A79 model hard hats that were manufactured April 2016, May 2016, December 2017 or January 2018. It has been reported that these hard hats are being recalled due to potential insufficient protection from impact […]
OOH People in Public Office
By Nancy Fletcher OAAA President and CEO Civic engagement is an industry tradition. For some, that means serving in public office. As an election approaches, this article spotlights a few of those officeholders. There are many others; please send along information about colleagues in public office (nfletcher@oaaa.org). For years Daniel was […]
Company of the Day – East West Media
Company: East – West Media Markets: Tennessee Headquarters: 18 W. Madison Ave., Athens, TN 37303 Phone: 423-337-4444 Email: billboards@eastwestmedia.com East West Media was started in 2001 by Bobby Mizer. The firm is family owned and run with 5 Mizer’s active in the business: Bobby (founder), Brad (President), Charlie (Account Executive), […]
X-Mark Outdoor Sells to Media Choice
Insider was aware that Steve & Sue Sullins, owners of X-Mark Outdoor in Corsicana TX and long time friends of the industry, were looking for a buyer for their billboard plant. That sale was recently finalized and we had a chance to talk with Steve about the transaction and his […]
Legal Marijuana Sparks Explosion in Billboard Ads
Cody J. Riebe, Public Relations & Content Specialist at BillboardsIn Marijuana is a big business. It is now recreationally legal in nine states and medicinally in thirty. It’s estimated that it will be a $21 billion industry by 2021. This is good news for the out-of-home industry. Here at BillboardsIn, […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Superior WI DMA
Did you know: Over 1,000 ships enter the Port of Duluth every year, making it one of the largest inland freshwater ports in America. Although the city no longer hosts any professional sports teams, Duluth fielded an NFL team called the Eskimos in the 1920’s This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight […]
Company of the Day: Dusty’s Outdoor
Company: Dusty’s Outdoor Media Markets: Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Headquarters: 1207 Network Center Blvd, Suite 3C, Effingham, IL 62401. Phone: 1-866-593-8789 Dusty’s operates a billboard plant with 424 structures with 28 in the construction process in four mid-western states. The company’s goal is to have 500 faces by the end of 2019, excluding acquisitions. […]