1. A multimedia and communications control device, comprising: a portable housing; a transducive element contained within the housing for receiving a plurality spoken commands uttered by a user; a processor contained within the housing and executing a speech recognition engine to recognize and convert each of the spoken commands into corresponding electronic signals that selectively enable and operate each of a plurality of multimedia units communicatively linked to the device; and a selectively tunable transmitting circuit that transmits audio signals received from different ones of the plurality of multimedia units to a radio via a preset open radio channel for broadcasting the audio signals through at least one speaker connected to the radio.