Originally Posted by Hemi_Joel
Originally Posted by RoadRunnerLuva
Very interesting....but what about the reporters staying in contact with the news oulet while still following the suspect vehicle...did .they use cb radio... walkie talkies or what.. shruggy.


That's what I was wondering. shruggy


The reporters had a CB radio in their car. That's how the cops knew where to show up to make the arrest. Along with the scanner in the newsroom, they were using cutting edge technology. For 1979. grin


https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2016/03/hand_from_trunk_newsmen_recoun.html




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All the while Winne used their radio to tell their ever-changing location to on-duty editor Garland Reeves, who relayed the information to a Birmingham police dispatcher.


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