CLEVELAND (AP) — The State Highway Patrol fields lots of calls — about 6,300 a day — but citizens-band radio contacts have dropped off the chart.
In 1985, the patrol received 83,974 calls on CB channel 9, which troopers monitor in their cruisers. In 2000, the calls dropped to 25,096. The patrol quit counting in 2001.
The popularity of CB radios peaked in the late 1970s, fueled by the Smokey and the Bandit movies and C.W. McCall’s song Convoy.
Dennis Leonard Jr., owner of Litchfield Radio in Medina County, sold 800 to 1,000 CB radios a year from the mid-’70s to mid-’90s, he said, but now sells about 400 a year.
Still, a CB radio is valuable for truckers. They use them to find out where to pick up freight inside of businesses and get directions if they are lost, Leonard said.
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In 1985, the patrol received 83,974 calls on CB channel 9, which troopers monitor in their cruisers. In 2000, the calls dropped to 25,096. The patrol quit counting in 2001.
The popularity of CB radios peaked in the late 1970s, fueled by the Smokey and the Bandit movies and C.W. McCall’s song Convoy.
Dennis Leonard Jr., owner of Litchfield Radio in Medina County, sold 800 to 1,000 CB radios a year from the mid-’70s to mid-’90s, he said, but now sells about 400 a year.
Still, a CB radio is valuable for truckers. They use them to find out where to pick up freight inside of businesses and get directions if they are lost, Leonard said.
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