Tag: North Carolina

Grey Outdoor Readies For Hurricane Florence

The weather reports have Hurricane Florence hitting the East Coast on Thursday of this week.  Insider reached out to Grey Vick at Grey Outdoor to discuss preparing for the potentially big storm. Grey, what’s the current status on Hurricane Florence? Right now it looks like it’s coming right towards where […]

Company of the Day – Admiral Outdoor Advertising

Company: Admiral Outdoor Advertising, LLC Market: Duplin County, North Carolina. Headquarters: 5752 S. US Highway 117, PO Box 160,  Wallace, NC  28466 Phone: 910-285-1047 Email: Info@admiraloutdoor.com Admiral Outdoor operates a billboard plant in Duplin County in eastern North Carolina.  The company was started in 2006 when owner Pete Murphy was in […]

Company of the Day – Visual Outdoor

Company: Visual Outdoor, LLC Headquarters:  379 Bee Tree Ln.  Blairsville, GA 30512 Markets:  Northeast Georgia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee Phone: (706) 745-9322 Visual Outdoor Advertising is owned by Terry Poteete and operates in Northeast Georgia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee. They own and operate 71 billboards with 217 […]

Kerry Yoakum on trends in local out of home regs.

Kerry Yoakum is VP, Government Affairs for OAAA.  He joined OAAA in 2008 after practicing law as an attorney for the Ohio Department of Transportation.  Insider asked Kerry to talk about out of home regulatory trends.  What were some of the most important legal issues this year? From a national […]

Company of the Day – Scotty Outdoor

Company: Scotty Outdoor Market:  Central and Eastern North Carolina. Headquarters: P.O. Box 974 Snow Hill NC 28580  Phone:  252-468-6969 Email:  scottyshivar@gmail.com  Scotty Outdoor has been serving the Central and Eastern North Carolina billboard market for over 30 years. They also build custom signs, billboard structures, vinyl installs and management.  Scotty Shivar is the owner. [wpforms id=”9787″] […]

Company of the Day – Riley Outdoor

Company:  Riley Outdoor Headquarters:  704C Plaza Blvd. #106, Kinston, NC 28501 Markets: Signs located throughout Eastern North Carolina  Phone: 252-527-2223 Email: RobertMoore@RileyOutdoor.com Insider caught up with the owner of Riley Outdoor, Robert Moore. Robert, you have ownership interests in both Riley Outdoor and Patriot Outdoor.  Is the strategy to sell inventory […]

NC Legislation Through An Operator’s Eyes – And Then A Surprise Defeat

Insider had a chance to talk with Grey Vick, owner of Grey Outdoor, based in Wilmington North Carolina about the current North Carolina legislation under consideration.  Here are some thoughts on legislation from the perspective of an owner/operator. House Bill 581 has been receiving a lot of media attention.  What […]

N.C. Works With Outdoor Industry On Emergency Messaging

North Carolina State Representatives have introduced legislation that would establish a public-private partnership between the outdoor advertising industry and the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, Secretary of State, Highway Patrol, North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. The representatives indicate the […]