Billboards are using sensors to identify, target and track individuals

I seem to recall reading, way back before the scourge of ubiquitous cellular telephones, that there were electronic billboards that could determine which radio stations the cars on the highway were tuned to, and they would use that information to select which ads to display.

I was always a little skeptical, but I considered collecting dozens of old transistor radios and tuning them all to one crazy station and placing them in giant circles around the billboards.