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 ...

"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 ...

Truck driver Joe Graham tried to warn his fellow drivers going eastbound on I-90 near Erie, PA, about the start of a pile-up ahead of them. Joe Graham tried to warn his fellow drivers going eastbound ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A. That’s affirmative, Bubba (fellow driver), it’s a 10-4 (OK) for a bedbugger (household moving company) or other big truck (semi) to use a radio (CB) on the big road (interstate) or elsewhere. He ...

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 ...