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Company of the Day – Bulletin Displays

Company: Bulletin Displays Markets: Southern California Headquarters: 3127 E South Street Suite B, Long Beach CA 90805. Phone: 562-470-6680 Email:  info@bulletindisplays.com Bulletin Displays is one of the largest outdoor companies in Los Angeles. The firm has static and digital billboards. 90% of the plant is along freeways. Mark Kudler is the […]

Clear Channel Airports Renews Contract with South Bend International Airport

New Five-Year Deal Will Help Regional and National Brands Reach over 600,000 Passengers Traveling through SBN Annually Via a State of the Art Advertising Network For Release: March 7, 2017 South Bend, IN,– –Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a […]

Court Victory for Billboard Maintenance

STARK COUNTY, OH (March 7) – In a victory for maintenance of nonconforming billboards, a court in Ohio overruled a locality that had issued a stop-work order. Court of Common Pleas Judge Chryssa N. Hartnett reversed the City of Alliance Board of Zoning Appeals and immediately rescinded the stop-work order. […]

Company of the Day: Brooks Billboards

Company: Brooks Billboards Markets: Ohio Headquarters:  10735 Avenue Road, Perrysburg, OH  43551 Phone: 419-874-6400 Email:  BrooksWelker@yahoo.com Brooks Outdoor operates a plant of more than 100 billboards in Western Ohio.  The company started in the sign contracting and painting business.  Sign projects included the Toledo Zoo, Murphy’s Jazz Club and Tony […]

Hawthorne Erects Second Digital Billboard.

The Daily Breeze reports that Hawthorne, California is installing a 10.6 by 36 digital billboards at Crenshaw and El Segundo boulevard.  Becker Boards has a proposal to manage the billboard in exchange for a $125,000 signing bonus to the town and a lease equal to 55% of revenue. Becker is […]

Lamar Advertising Company Expands Media Footprint in Fort Collins

Lamar managing bus advertising displays as part of new contract with Transfort Baton Rouge, LA – March 6, 2017 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home advertising companies in North America, today announced its new transit advertising contract with the City of Fort Collins. The agreement commenced January […]

Legendary Billboard Plant For Sale

A legendary billboard plant in Richmond Indiana is for sale.  The plant was built by Tom Raper, an Indiana entrepreneur who made money in the RV business, real estate and billboards.  He built the billboards to provide advertising support for his RV dealership.  Raper died in 2015 and his estate […]

Company of the Day – Brogan Outdoor

Company: Brogan Outdoor Markets:  Northern Indiana Headquarters: 106 Depot St, Lawwill, IN  46764 Phone: 260-327-3257 Brogan outdoor was formed in 1984 by Don Brogan after 20 years in the outdoor business, primarily with 3M.  In 1988 Dan Brogan joined his father and today Dan runs the company.  The company has […]

Lamar appeals Pittsburgh Mt Wash sign decision

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Triblive report that Lamar Advertising has filed an appeal in Allegheny County Court to overturn a Feb 16 decision by the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment which ordered the removal of a 32 by 225 foot vinyl banner on Mt Washington. Lamar’s suit makes the following points: It put […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board 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 weeks rating is […]