Media-broadcasting system with broadcast schedule simulation feature

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:

• accessing, by a computing system, a broadcast schedule, which indicates that a broadcast of a first media content item is scheduled to be followed by a broadcast of a second media content item, wherein the computing system is configured for operating in a schedule mode or a breakout mode, wherein when operating in the schedule mode, the computing system performs an act that facilitates broadcasting a media content item scheduled in the broadcast schedule, and wherein when operating in the breakout mode, the computing system performs an act that facilitates broadcasting a media content item that is not scheduled in the broadcast schedule;
• operating, by the computing system, in a breakout mode;
• and
• while the computing system operates in the breakout mode:
• simulating, by the computing system, a broadcast of the first media content item;
• making, by the computing system, a determination that a particular signal is embedded in the first media content item;
• and
• responsive to making the determination, simulating, by the computing system, a switch from broadcasting the first media content item to broadcasting the second media content item.

A computing system comprising:

• a processor, and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by the processor, cause performance of a set of acts comprising:
• accessing, by the computing system, a broadcast schedule, which indicates that a broadcast of a first media content item is scheduled to be followed by a broadcast of a second media content item, wherein the computing system is configured for operating in a schedule mode or a breakout mode, wherein when operating in the schedule mode, the computing system performs an act that facilitates broadcasting a media content item scheduled in the broadcast schedule, and wherein when operating in the breakout mode, the computing system performs an act that facilitates broadcasting a media content item that is not scheduled in the broadcast schedule;
• operating, by the computing system, in a breakout mode;
• and
• while the computing system operates in the breakout mode:
• simulating, by the computing system, a broadcast of the first media content item;
• making, by the computing system, a determination that a particular signal is embedded in the first media content item;
• and
• responsive to making the determination, simulating, by the computing system, a switch from broadcasting the first media content item to broadcasting the second media content item.