Company: WC Media, Inc. Headquarters: 1824 South McArthur Blvd., Springfield IL 62704 Phone: (217) 241-1224 Contact Email: info@wcmedia.net WC Media, Inc. is family owned with Billboard inventory covering Illinois and Eastern Iowa. Insider interviewed Nick Giacomini. How did WC Media get started in the billboard industry? Around 1996, shortly after college, my […]
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Lamar Donates Billboards to The Ray
If you’ve recently driven down the 18-mile stretch of I-85 between LaGrange, Georgia and the Alabama border, you’ll have noticed some changes. Four billboards welcome you to The Ray, a “safer, cleaner, smarter highway.” This is thanks to a new partnership with Lamar, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in […]
Transit as Free Speech Battleground; Sessions’ DOJ Joins the Fight
Kerry Yoakum, an attorney, is a vice president of the OAAA The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking sides in a First Amendment lawsuit challenging transit’s ability to restrict religious ads. In Washington, DC, the Catholic Church has been fighting a losing court battle, which was prompted by the regional […]
Billboard Insider Obituary: David Root 1950-2018
The Toledo Blade reports the death of David Leigh Root, the chief executive of Toledo based Root Outdoor at age 67. The family-owned company operated 2,000 billboards on highways in northwest and north-central Ohio before it was sold to Lamar in the mid-2000’s. David Leigh Root took over the business […]
Carlsbad, NM and Artesia, NM reviewing sign regs.
The Current Argus reports that the Carlsbad, New Mexico city council has placed a 60 day moratorium on billboard permits and is reviewing the city’s sign ordinance. The towns ordinance limits sign size, height, set back and placement but does not limit size. Nearby Artesia, New Mexico has proposed a […]
Company of The Day: Wagner Outdoor
Company: Wagner Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 985 Towne Square Drive, Suite 200, Greensburg, PA 15601. Phone: 724-838-0260 101 Email: bonnie@revest.properties Wagner Outdoor Advertising is a privately held company which operates a billboard company with 30 faces in Pennsylvania. Wagner Outdoor Advertising is affiliated with Revest Properties, Northpointe Development Group, LLC. and PTC Lodging, LLC. The […]
Rothfelder on a Successful Takings Case
You may have redress if a city misinterprets sign rules to get you to take down a sign. Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder and Falick talks here about City of Houston v. De Trapani, a successful takings case he litigated against the city of Houston. Introduction The City of Houston (the […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Cincinnati
Did you know: Cincinnati hosted the first Major League baseball night in 1935, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Cincinnati hosts the world’s second largest and the United States’ larget Oktoberfest celebration. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Cincinatti DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs […]
Company of the Day – Victor Outdoor
Company: Victor Outdoor Advertising Headquarters: 1100 South Bud Boulevard, Fremont, NE 68025-6269 Markets: Nebraska Phone: 402-721-3333 Email: lboggs@victoroutdoor.com Victor Outdoor Advertising is a locally owned company based in Fremont, Nebraska just 35 miles Northwest of downtown Omaha. They currently have 28 locations and operate just over 78 faces in Fremont and surrounding communities. Lyle […]
5 Trends in 2018 That Are Changing the OOH Experience
Billups provides an article to Medium with their thoughts on how the Out of Home industry is trending as we look at 2018 and beyond. In particular, they address through the question of “Why is OOH succeeding where others are failing?”, citing Magna Global forecasting a 3% increase for OOH in 2018 […]