"CB Radio" OR "Citizens Band" OR "Radio Emergency Associated Communications
Team" -Football -"Council Bluffs" - Google News

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Annual Make-A-Wish Convoy set for Mother's Day - The Trucker

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 06:42 AM PST
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Annual Make-A-Wish Convoy set for Mothers Day
The Trucker
The event began in 1990 when a young man named Matt requested a wish to
ride in an 18-wheeler and speak to his sister on a CB radio. Over 40 trucks
and drivers showed up to grant the wish and the Mothers Day Truck Convoy
was conceived. Over the ...



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Throttle-Back Thursday: Breaker! Breaker! The only CB radio guide you'll
ever need is here! - Autoweek

Posted: 07 Jan 2016 08:24 AM PST
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Throttle-Back Thursday: Breaker! Breaker! The only CB radio guide youll
ever need is here!
Autoweek
Take Citizens Band Radio, which we covered extensively in this 1976 CB
radio guide. Though the idea of a "citizens band" carved out of the
regulated radio spectrum dates back to the 1940s, it wasnt until the coming
of the transistor that powerful ...



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40 years ago, C.W. McCall's 'Convoy' taps CB radio fad - Minnesota Public
Radio News

Posted: 15 Jan 2016 10:16 AM PST
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40 years ago, C.W. McCalls Convoy taps CB radio fad
Minnesota Public Radio News
The song capitalized on a short-lived public craze with the lingo truck
drivers used to communicate with each other over CB radios. McCall was the
pseudonym of William Dale Fries, Jr. Fries worked in advertising and
created a successful TV campaign for ...