Tag: Texas

Company of the Day – BB Outdoor Advertising

Company:  BB Outdoor Advertising Headquarters:   3401 Main Street, Rowlett TX 75088 Markets: Texas Phone: 214.801.5995 Email: Danny@BBOutdoorAdvertising.com BB Outdoor Advertising is a family owned, local billboard company which operates a billboard plant with 26 structures with 52 static faces and 1 digital billboard base on I-30 in Garland, Rockwall, Greenville and Dallas.  Danny […]

Company of the Day – Arrington Outdoor

Company: Arrington Outdoor Markets:  Texas, Phoenix AZ Headquarters: 2002 S. Stemmons Frwy, Lake Dallas, Texas 75065 Phone: (800) 500-6772 Email: info@arringtonoutdoor.com Arrington Outdoor operates strategic billboard locations along major freeways and rural highways in and around the Dallas Fort Worth area, the second fastest growing metro area in the Nation. Arrington Outdoor Advertising was […]

Texas passes new height and admin rules

By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder and Falick The Texas Transportation Commission has been holding public hearings, considering comments from stakeholders, and otherwise considering amendments to TxDOT’s administrative rules governing federally assisted highways for the last several months. The primary reason cited by TxDOT for the rules amendments was to make them […]

Company of the Day – Ace Outdoor Advertising

Company: Ace Outdoor Advertising Market:  Shreveport, Bossier City, LA and Tyler TX Headquarters: 15560 FM 279, Chandler, TX 75758 Phone: 903-520-1788 Email: ace@aceoutdoor.net Ace Outdoor offers bulletin, trivision and digital displays in Shreveport, Bossier City, Louisiana and Tyler, Texas. The company is owned by Mike Grace. They recently have added 5 new digital panels to their […]

The Highway Right of Way Tug of War

By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA. A long-running tiff between New York State and the feds over signs on the highway right of way symbolizes a broader tug of war: should existing rules be liberalized or not? In New York State, the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo spent $8 […]

Company of the Day – Swift Outdoor

Company: Swift Outdoor Markets: Texas Headquarters: 600 Lake Air Drive, Waco Texas 76710 Phone: 254-772-9194 Email: Kris@swiftoutdoor.com Swift Outdoor operates a billboard plant located primarily around Waco Texas.  The company was established in 1969. Swift is a sister company of Choice Media based in Amarillo TX and owned by the Tooley family. […]

Company of the Day – Shipp Outdoor

Company: Shipp Outdoor, LLC Headquarters: 2801 Richmond Road #43 Texarkana, TX 75503 Markets: Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma Phone: 866-99-SHIPP     Shipp Outdoor, LLC acquired assets of Whatley Sign Co. of Texarkana, AR in August of 2012. Chad Shipp, President, has been in marketing and media since he graduated high school in 1993 […]

Much Ado About Nothing in Texas

Insider published a post February 11 stating that the Austin Statesman had reported  that the Texas DOT is considering a proposal to raise the maximum billboard height on Texas roads from 42.5 feet to 65 foot maximum.   Margaret Lloyd of Scenic America Texas contacted Insider saying the story was […]

FWHA Okays New Step on Texas Plan to Sell Sponsorships on Traffic Signs

Insider has written before about a State of Texas proposal to put advertising logos within freeway rights of way.  Texas is proceeding with a pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of putting logos onto government highway signs in the right of way.  Insider has attached a September 20, 2016 letter […]

Company of the Day: Reeves Outdoor

Company: Reeves Outdoor Advertising Markets: Texas Headquarters:  11213 March Wren Circle, Flint, TX  75762 Phone: 903-330-4060 Email: ReevesSign@aol.com Reeves Outdoor Advertising has been in the Outdoor Advertising business since 1996.  The company operates a billboard plant in East Texas from Dallas to Tyler including Athens and Corsicana.  Stuart Reeves is […]