CHICAGO – Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) announced that the company’s Chicago office was awarded the Ad Council’s Silver Bell Award. The Silver Bell Award is presented annually to one outdoor company that exemplifies exceptional generosity and leadership in disseminating Ad Council public service messages. The Ad Council is a national non-profit organization and the largest producer of public service advertising in the U.S.
“We are proud to recognize Clear Channel Outdoor Chicago as a valuable partner that has donated a wide range of traditional and digital displays for our campaigns, helping us reach people throughout our community.”
The Silver Bell Award was presented to CCO Chicago for the company’s commitment in providing pro-bono public service advertising for several organizations in 2012, including transit and roadside digital billboards, bulletins, posters and metro platform/concourse dioramas. The campaigns supported include: Autism Awareness; Stroke Awareness; Financial Literacy; Texting and Driving; and Community Engagement.
“The Ad Council takes great pleasure in acknowledging the contributions of individuals and organizations that support our efforts to raise awareness of critical social issues facing our country,” said Karen Volkman, Managing Director, Midwestern region, The Ad Council. “We are proud to recognize Clear Channel Outdoor Chicago as a valuable partner that has donated a wide range of traditional and digital displays for our campaigns, helping us reach people throughout our community.”
“As the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, it is incredibly important that we are able to further spread the word about our cause and initiatives so that we can continue to support people with autism and fund critical research,” said Liz Klug, executive director, Chicagoland chapter, Autism Speaks. “Through Clear Channel Outdoor’s help, visits to our Chicago home page increased by 72 percent year over year, and visits to autismspeaks.org from within Illinois increased by 63 percent during the same time period. The feedback has been tremendous and has significantly helped to raise our visibility in the state.”
“It is our honor to provide use of our advertising platforms to organizations like Autism Speaks and United Way so that they can extend their voices in the community,” said Ed Marcin, vice president, public affairs and special projects, Clear Channel Outdoor Chicago. “We thank the Ad Council for its partnership and recognition in supporting these invaluable organizations.
About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: CCO) is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, with more than 750,000 displays in over 40 countries across five continents, including 48 of the 50 largest markets in the United States. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings offers many types of displays across its global platform to meet the advertising needs of its customers. This includes a growing digital platform that now offers over 1000 digital billboards across 37 U.S. markets. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ International segment operates in nearly 30 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America in a wide variety of formats.
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