| Post War Growth and Change (continued) | |
| 1976 | • Acquire Tampa St.Petersburg, Florida outdoor facilities. • Northwest Region facilities in Portland and Seattle sold to Northwest Communications Inc. • Acquire Hansen Advertising Co. outdoor plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. • Company motion picture, "Birth of A Notion" released. • Acquire Akron Canton Ohio territory. • Foster and Kleiser is 75 years old. |
| 1977 | Proposition to prohibit billboards in San Francisco rejected by voters in November election |
| 1978 | • F&K stages art show at California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles called "Big Art". It featured craft of billboard pictorial artists. • Acquire Baltimore facilities from Donelley Advertising. |
| 1979 | First F&K 8sheet plant built in Oakland and San Francisco, Acquire B & G outdoor plant in San Antonio, Texas. Purchase made of poster and bulletin plant facilities of Outdoor West in Houston, Texas. |
| 1980 | F&K now operating 40,000 outdoor facings has become largest outdoor advertising company in America. |
| 1981 | • Acquire facilities of Estus Outdoor in Savannah, Georgia. • Purchase outdoor plant in Atlanta, Georgia Establish new 8 sheet plant in Tampa, Florida |
| 1982 |  • Acquire Pittsburgh, Pa. and Rochester, New York outdoor facilities.• Purchase outdoor plant of Allen Outdoor in Waco, Texas. • F&K plant in New York Metro area sold to Winston Network. • Metromedia sells all F&K structures to Outdoor Advertising Associates a limited partnership. Metromedia will continue to manage the business. • New Cleveland Region plant facility opened in Parma, Ohio. • Acquire Brunswick, Georgia plant • U.S. Supreme Court declares San Diego antibillboard ordinance unconstitutional. |
| 1983 | • Purchase outdoor facilities in Austin and San Antonio, Texas • Acquire outdoor plants in Birmingham, Tuscaloose, Huntsville Sheffield and Gadsen, Alabama. • Hurricane Alicia damages or destroys more than 1,000 outdoor structures in Houston Galveston area. |
| 1984 | • Bert Dart named President. • Public Relations Department renamed Public Affairs Dept. • New Publication, "Region Rap" published by Cleveland Region Employees. |
| 1985 |  "Super 300 Plus" units introduced. New 12x12 plus cut-out extension embellished painted unit. Copy is rotated every 90 days. |
| The Digital Age | |
| 1986 | • Structure Inventory Management System (SIMS) installed. Provides computer data for each location. • Computerized painted copy displayed on bulletins in Los Angeles. • New F&K 24-hour hotline phone system established. A 1-800-252-2551 number available for service and information calls. • Metromedia sells Foster and Kleiser Division to Patrick Media. Company name is changed to Patrick Media Group September 15th. General office in Los Angeles closed. Corporate headquarters shifted to Scranton, PA headed by Gerald Joyce, new President, CEO. |
| 1987 |  • Popular "I Love L.A" synchronized slide presentation produced. Also shown in video format.• Premier edition of new Patrick "Impressions" magazine distributed. • Company receives prestigious Silver Bell Award from Advertising Council for outstanding contribution to public service advertising. |
| 1988 | • Atlanta Branch sold to Outdoor Today Inc. • PMG designated consultant for development of outdoor advertising in China (People Republic of China). Goal is to help modernize and expand medium there. • California Supreme Court rules outdoor advertising signs may only be placed on land zoned primarily for commercial or industrial use. • Rod Wales patents anti-pigeon lightweight spinning propeller device for use on outdoor units. |
| 1989 | Patrick sponsors large outdoor advertising exhibit at Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles. |
