Word coined by Alice Rush McKeon, a fierce and early advocate of highway beautification … Her 1931 book The Litterbug Family was instrumental in passing the first billboard-control law in her home state of Maryland.
For example, CBS is offering promotion on thousands of billboards controlled by Viacom.
Companies that control billboard space have denied involvement in the cutting.
Typically, billboard lightbulbs are controlled by a mechanical timer programmed by an electrician according to the average number of hours of darkness in a given day.
Pursuing a business plan that has a science fiction bent but also some skeptics, Mr. Langeland intends to modify electronic freeway billboard advertisements by remote control to reflect your tastes, and those of thousands of other drivers.
Beyond lighting, White foresees that Profile 2002 could be used to change electric messages and to control revolving billboard panels, further cutting operating costs.
(Dear Polly, caught between conflicting desires to slam our evil influence and to belittle our "small circulation", squared the circle by claiming our newsstand billboards somehow exercise occult control over Londoners' minds).
This week, hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest controls the Billboard 200 with their new record We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, which is followed by Pentatonix and the Trolls soundtrack...at least according to Billboard.
The act was intended to protect natural and scenic beauty along federal-aid highways by, among other things, controlling billboards in rural, scenic and agricultural areas.
Control received six Billboard Awards, including "Top Pop Singles Artist", and three Grammy nominations, most notably "Album of the Year".
Leaders in all three municipalities said that any decision to allow the billboards would shatter local zoning control, in this case wiping out town sign ordinances that officials said are designed for both safety and the preservation of their towns' New England charm.
