Billboard Insider reported yesterday on the Texas House Transportation Committee hearing on HB 3368 seeking to establish a 42.5’ maximum height on new billboards. I attended the hearing, and testified on behalf of several clients that the proposed legislation should be rejected as unconstitutional. Here’s the backstory. Prior to the […]
Texomas reports that a group of Texas lawmakers have proposed legislation capping the maximum height for billboards at 42.5 feet. In February 2019 the Texas Transportation Commission ruled that billboards can be raised up to 85 feet starting in September. The legislation is in a house committee. Unlike most pieces […]
Company: Primary Outdoor Media Markets: Texas Address: 2511 Boll St, Dallas, TX 75204 Phone: 972-584-1000 Email: info@primarymedia.com Primary Outdoor Media operates a plant of billboards around Texas. Josh Feferman is the firm’s managing partner. The firm is an operator associate in the IBOUSA. In early 2018 Primary acquired 50 billboards […]
Company: Outdoor Signs Headquarters: 3625 N. Hall St., Dallas TX 75360 Market: Texas Phone: 214.615.2727 Based in Dallas Texas, Outdoor Signs has 4 digital boards in Dallas as well as over 250 static faces throughout Texas. The company is owned by Charles Cooper. Outdoor Signs is a member of the […]
Company: Johnson Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Address: 102 North Mays Street, Round Rock, TX 78663 Phone: 512-255-4300 Email: ajohnson@johnsonadv.com Johnson Outdoor is a family owned business which was started in 1978. The firm is in several Texas communities including Abilene, Austin, Killeen, Round Rock and Waco. Archie Johnson is General […]
Company: Gilbreath Outdoor Advertising Markets: Southeast Texas Headquarters: 407 South Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, TX 77546 Phone: 281-992-4555 Email: brett@gilbreathoutdoor.com Brett E. Gilbreath of Gilbreath Outdoor Advertising has been in the outdoor advertising industry literally all of his life. His father founded a small billboard company in 1964 and Brett worked […]
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 […]
Company: DTO Advertising. Market: Texas Headquarters: 4200 Old Omen Rd, Tyler, TX 75707 Phone: 903-520-4122 DTO Advertising operates 10 structures with 34 faces in Eastern Texas. The signs are 8×24, 10×24 and 10×30. The company is run by Dennis and Kelli Thompson. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement
Company: Cooper Outdoor Markets: Texas, Southern Coast, Southeast of San Antonio. Headquarters: 115 Waco, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 Phone: 361-882-3088 Email: coopersales@cooperoutdoor.com Cooper Outdoor is a locally owned and operated family business which was founded in 1981. The company has 500 billboard locations in Aransas County, Bee County, Jim Wells […]
Hunger for new money to pay for roads and bridges continues to push government to offer pieces of the public right of way for sale. This is worrisome in that it creates state-sponsored advertising which will compete with your out of home business. Here’s the latest: 1.) What just happened […]
