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The Government is. in principle in favour of giving ordinary people access to the airwaves. Citizens' Band radio has been a mixed blessing in the United States. What can be learnt from it? Why do people risk imprisonment to use CB here? Will the Government's idea, open channel, work better?
Peter Barsby looks at what happens when the man in the street becomes a broadcaster.

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Presenter:
Peter Barsby
Producer:
Julian Coles
Source: Radio Times

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