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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

That the 1976 song "Convoy" was created by a fictional musician is perhaps the least interesting thing about it. Attributed to singer-songwriter C.W. McCall — a character originally invented and ...