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 ...

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 ...

Smokey and the Bandit sure makes talking on the CB radio look like a lot of fun. But like a pre-historic language, which only university professors now understand, the language of the citizen-band ...

"Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck/You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?..." It sounds much like gibberish, but it was actually the language of enthusiasts who used a form of ...

It’s hard for me to believe, but it has been 40 years ago today that “Convoy,” by C.W. McCall, was the number one song on the U.S. pop charts. Citizen’s Band radios were flying off the shelves and ...

A CB radio is often one of those items that you don't feel you need until you are the one guy on the trail without one. Everyone is having a great time chatting on the road, and you are left out. Not ...

Citizen Band (CB) radios, made fashionable in the 1970s by movies like Breaker Breaker and Smokey and the Bandit, are experiencing a resurgence in popularity thanks to nostalgic baby boomers. The ...