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==Popular culture fad==

==Popular culture fad==

Three events in 1973-1974 brought CB radio into the public consciousness where it remained a fad for most of the rest of the 1970s: The oil crisis in 1973 when the [[Arab]] members of [[OPEC]] staged an oil embargo against countries that had supported [[Israel]] in the [[Yom Kippur War]]; the implementation of the federal 55 mile-per-hour [[speed limit]] in 1974; and a 1974 strike by truck drivers which was largely to protest the speed limit.  Truck drivers and regular motorists alike discovered CB as a way to keep each other informed about which gas stations were open, and where [[speed trap]]s were located.  Soon the media was running reports on the use of CB by truck drivers, and with the increased public interest in the lives of long-distance drivers (fed by the TV show ''Movin' On'' and the movie ''White Line Fever''), the general public wanted in on CB too.  By 1976 CB had become one of the major fads of the decade, leading to the inevitable songs ("Convoy" by C.W. McCall, "The White Knight" by Cledus Maggard) and movies (''Smokey and the Bandit'', ''Citizen's Band'') cashing in on the fad.  The fad had largely run its course by 1979 when ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' debuted, but CB radio as a communications medium (as opposed to the popular culture fad) remained popular well into the late 1980's-early 1990's before being displaced by newer forms of communications, including cellular telephones, the [[Family Radio Service]], and the [[Internet]].

Three events in 1973-1974 brought CB radio into the public consciousness where it remained a fad for most of the rest of the 1970s:  

* The oil crisis in 1973 when the [[Arab]] members of [[OPEC]] staged an oil embargo against countries that had supported [[Israel]] in the [[Yom Kippur War]].

* The implementation of the federal 55 mile-per-hour [[speed limit]] in 1974.

* A 1974 strike by truck drivers which was largely to protest the speed limit.   

 

Truck drivers and regular motorists alike discovered CB as a way to keep each other informed about which gas stations were open, and where [[speed trap]]s were located.  Soon the media was running reports on the use of CB by truck drivers, and with the increased public interest in the lives of long-distance drivers (fed by the TV show ''Movin' On'' and the movie ''White Line Fever''), the general public wanted in on CB too.   

 

By 1976 CB had become one of the major fads of the decade, leading to the inevitable songs ("Convoy" by C.W. McCall, "The White Knight" by Cledus Maggard) and movies (''Smokey and the Bandit'', ''Citizen's Band'') cashing in on the fad.  The fad had largely run its course by 1979 when ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' debuted, but CB radio as a communications medium (as opposed to the popular culture fad) remained popular well into the late 1980's-early 1990's before being displaced by newer forms of communications, including cellular telephones, the [[Family Radio Service]], and the [[Internet]].

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