"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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Despite the rise of smartphones, satellite communication, and modern two-way radios, CB (Citizens Band) radios remain a relevant part of ...

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 ...

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It was a random question posted on Facebook, one that some millennials might not even understand, but it sparked a flood of pleasant personal memories. “CB handles ... who has one and what is it?” ...

This time of year, it's long been something of a clarion call among truckers to their fellow drivers to work together to help prevent the kinds of pileups seen in recent weeks for instance on I-35W in ...

The latest edition of the Overdrive and Truckers News Truckers Gear Guide from the RoadPro Family of Brands is now available and has a special focus on that staple of most truck cabs, the CB radio.

Back in the 1970s, when truckers became American pop-culture heroes and CB radios became commonplace in Malaise Era cars, it seemed that anybody who wanted to install a transceiver under the dash ...

This just a guess, but a possible reason behind the cause could be that there is a piece of wire somewhere in your setup that is the right length to act as an antenna on the CB band. if it's before ...

*It turned out you could hack them. That's why they were a hit in the brief but intense heyday of CB radio. Out of the box, the Cobra 138XLR was one of the more capable Citizen’s Band (CB) radios ...