Dynamic controlled-environment facility resident media broadcasting service

A method for providing dynamic controlled-environment facility resident media broadcasting service comprising:

• transmitting, by a controlled-environment facility content server, via a controlled-environment facility local area network, a controlled-environment facility wireless media channel within a controlled-environment facility, playing a playlist associated with the controlled-environment facility wireless media channel, available to controlled-environment facility residents to listen to on respective personal controlled-environment facility resident media devices of the residents;
• offering, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or a controlled-environment facility administration and management system, on the respective personal controlled-environment facility resident media devices of the residents, an option for one of the residents to control content of the playlist;
• accepting, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or the controlled-environment facility administration and management system, selection by a particular controlled-environment facility resident to control content of the playlist during a time slot;
• accepting, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or a controlled-environment facility administration and management system, payment from the particular controlled-environment facility resident to control content of the playlist during the time slot, an amount of the payment from the particular controlled-environment facility resident to control content of the playlist based, at least in part, on the time of day of the time slot;
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• providing, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or the controlled-environment facility administration and management system, control of the content of the playlist to the particular controlled-environment facility resident, on the personal controlled-environment facility resident media device of the particular resident, via the controlled-environment facility local area network, during the time slot.

A method for providing dynamic controlled-environment facility resident media broadcasting service comprising:

• transmitting, by a controlled-environment facility content server, via a controlled-environment facility local area network, a controlled-environment facility wireless media channel within a controlled-environment facility, playing a playlist associated with the controlled-environment facility wireless media channel, available to controlled-environment facility residents to listen to on respective personal controlled-environment facility resident media devices of the residents;
• offering, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or a controlled-environment facility administration and management system, on the respective personal controlled-environment facility resident media devices of the residents, an option for one of the residents to control content of the playlist;
• presenting, by the controlled-environment facility content server, on the respective personal controlled-environment facility resident media devices of the residents, in response to no resident accepting the offer to control content of the playlist, an option to suggest content for the playlist;
• adjusting, by the controlled-environment facility content server, in response to no resident accepting the offer to control content of the playlist, content of the playlist, based, at least in part, on selections by the residents to suggest content for the playlist;
• receiving, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or the controlled-environment facility administration and management system, acceptance of the offer to control content of the playlist during a time slot, from a particular controlled-environment facility resident;
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• providing, by the controlled-environment facility content server and/or the controlled-environment facility administration and management system, control of the content of the playlist to the particular controlled-environment facility resident, on the personal controlled-environment facility resident media device of the particular resident, via the controlled-environment facility local area network, during the time slot in response to the acceptance of the offer to control content of the playlist during the time slot, from the particular controlled-environment facility resident.