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Common Trucker Lingo On The CB Radio (And What It Means)

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 ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

How A Trucker's Protest Anthem Became A '70s Hit

"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 ...
Overdrive

The 'original social media,' CB still meets needs even if its glory days have passed

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 ...
Slate

Truckers Have Been Planning Strikes on Social Media Since the 1970s

The anti-vaccine trucker protests that have paralyzed Ottawa and tested Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have driven home a few points. First, truckers are logistics professionals, and they are ...
Overdrive

New Truckers Gear Guide focuses on that essential tool, the CB radio

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.
Ars Technica

Speakers picking up truckers' CB radios... LOUD... help!

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 ...
CCJ

Adding FM to CB may be too little, too late

It’s pretty amazing that CB technology in terms of its frequency allocation and limited power transmission has remained unchanged for over 40 years. That is until now—well sort of now. The FCC ...