New York City-based outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel Outdoor Americas is the recipient of the Ad Council‘s Crystal Bell award for 2017. Each year, that award is presented to one out of home advertising company for its extraordinary contribution to the Ad Council’s public service campaigns. The Ad Council, a national non-profit organization, is the
Recently, a fried chicken restaurant franchise in Texas was forced to turn off its imported outdoor LED signs at two locations because they were emitting so much radio interference that the FCC cited them for threatening the safety of airport communications miles away. Digital billboards and LED signs also are increasingly being blamed for wreaking
Members Would ‘Scrutinize’ Ads Proposed for City METHUEN, MA – At least two city councilors are backing a proposal for a committee to oversee what advertisements appear on billboards. Councilor Ron Marsan suggested creating the committee during the council’s Tuesday meeting, after the councilors tabled a discussion about a proposed electronic billboard atop an existing
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Lexington city leaders are beginning to evaluate the use of electronic billboards along certain roadways in the central Kentucky community. The idea prompted a number of questions during Tuesday’s council committee meeting. Following state action, local governing bodies now have the authority to move forward with electronic billboards. Representatives with Lamar Advertising appeared before the
State lawmakers are racing against the clock to correct Texas’ sign ordinance, struck down last year by an appeals court, or else “Keep Texas Beautiful” might take a two-year hiatus when it comes to billboards. State House and State Senate committees both in the past week discussed legislation to make highway sign rules rely
“Billboard Bob” is gone, but the billboard industry is back with a vengeance. Sen. Bob Rucho, a Mecklenburg Republican, earned the moniker in 2011 when he co-sponsored legislation allowing billboard companies to chop down more trees to make their signs more visible. The new law also stripped local governments of much of their power
If you keep up with the news in Pittsburgh-as you no doubt do, astute reader of NEXTpittsburgh that you are-you already know that there has been plenty of chatter in recent weeks about a proposal to install a Hollywood-style letter sign that says “Pittsburgh” in place of the garish yellow Sprint banner currently atop Mt.
Company claimed signs were illegally taken. The realignment of Maple Avenue will go forward without the threat of continued litigation over two billboards located in the new right-of-way. Lamar Central Outdoor LLC and Schenectady County have reached a $37,000 settlement after Lamar, which owned the billboards, sued the county in December. The lawsuit by the national
