A shame there's no mention of carts and their vital role in radio journalism. From 60 second carts to handle voicers (straight voice reports) or voice/actualities (voicers with a sound clip from a newsmaker to help fill out a story) or simple 30 second carts to handle soundbites from politicians, police/fire spokespeople or to offer background sound to provide context to written copy, carts were an integral part of my experience in radio during the pre-computer days. We cursed them when they misfired in the middle of a newscast, but they could be used in creative ways to make listeners feel they were actually "on the scene" of breaking news around the world or close to home.