"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 ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The anti-vaccine trucker protests that have paralyzed Ottawa and tested Canadian Prime Minister ...

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 ...

In January 1976, the Billboard Hot 100 featured an unlikely chart topper. For the week of Jan. 10, 1976, the novelty hit "Convoy" was the No. 1 song, five weeks after making its debut on the chart in ...

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 ...

Mr. Fries, who performed under the stage name C.W. McCall, was an ad executive before he scored a hit with “Convoy,” a CB radio-inspired ode to renegade truckers. By Michael Levenson Bill Fries, the ...