With the introduction of the digital recorder to the game, along with the ability to hide it in places (thank you so much), I wanted to suggest the idea to take the timer function which already exists with certain explosives to add onto the following items:
The digital recorder.
Polly parrot.
Radio broadcasts in the future if they every allow preloaded recordings.
Robots with the right modules if they ever allow preloaded recordings.
By the timer function I mean set it to play after a certain amount of time. It'd allow for scenarios where someone could plant an item ahead of an event, set it to go off when the event starts or in the middle of it, putting out prerecorded stuff and opening up the potential and possibilities of these items to help drive events and RP.