Citizen band radio, more commonly known as CB radio, was first developed in 1945, but took a while to reach the truck-driving masses. By 1958, the FCC had established the first regulations and 23 ...
The modern trucker has an array of communications technology at his or her fingertips. I’ve heard one estimate that half of long-distance drivers carry laptops, 80-90% have cell phones, and some even ...
"Convoy," a 1976 novelty song attributed to C.W. McCall, topped the charts with its celebration of citizens band radio, trucker lingo and rugged... How A Trucker's Protest Anthem Became A '70s Hit ...
The closest social media analog of CB radio is probably Snapchat since its messages disappear after a short period of time. Citizens Band radio was indeed the social network of the Malaise era, to the ...
Maybe it's just us, but the integration of Bluetooth into a CB radio is long, long overdue. Thankfully, Cobra is stepping up to the plate and introducing the 29 LTD BT, which will go down as its first ...
NANAIMO, B.C. — First it was smoking in a truck cab that was targeted by Ontario police. Now CBs too? Nanaimo, B.C. trucker Lyle Christie was traveling through Kapuskasing, Ont. when he saw a couple ...
My speakers (old Cambridge Soundworks 4-point surrounds) are picking up transmissions from CB radios whenever trucks drive by... loud enough to blast me out of my chair if I'm at my computer (or out ...
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Washtenaw County sheriff's department says a 44-year-old man was stabbed to death at a Scio Township truck stop Saturday after a conversation on a CB radio led to a ...