diff --git a/apps/app_bridgewait.c b/apps/app_bridgewait.c
index 53165f545c5b9ef8e7943b3c2569f7b28fd79c71..356e62530ecdfe6f667dbfca6de0b4c5f4dcf1e2 100644
--- a/apps/app_bridgewait.c
+++ b/apps/app_bridgewait.c
@@ -54,26 +54,44 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 			Put a call into the holding bridge.
 		</synopsis>
 		<syntax>
+			<parameter name="role" required="false">
+				<para>Defines the channel's purpose for entering the holding bridge. Values are case sensitive.
+				</para>
+				<enumlist>
+					<enum name="participant">
+						<para>The channel will enter the holding bridge to be placed on hold
+						until it is removed from the bridge for some reason. (default)</para>
+					</enum>
+					<enum name="announcer">
+						<para>The channel will enter the holding bridge to make announcements
+						to channels that are currently in the holding bridge. While an
+						announcer is present, holding for the participants will be
+						suspended.</para>
+					</enum>
+				</enumlist>
+			</parameter>
 			<parameter name="options">
 				<optionlist>
-					<option name="A">
-						<para>The channel will join the holding bridge as an
-						announcer</para>
-					</option>
 					<option name="m">
-						<argument name="class" required="false" />
-						<para>Play music on hold to the entering channel while it is
-						on hold. If the <emphasis>class</emphasis> is included, then
-						that class of music on hold will take priority over the
-						channel default.</para>
+						<argument name="class" required="true" />
+						<para>The specified MOH class will be used/suggested for
+						music on hold operations. This option will only be useful for
+						entertainment modes that use it (m and h).</para>
 					</option>
-					<option name="r">
-						<para>Play a ringing tone to the entering channel while it is
-						on hold.</para>
+					<option name="e">
+						<para>Which entertainment mechanism should be used while on hold
+						in the holding bridge. Only the first letter is read.</para>
+						<enumlist>
+							<enum name="m"><para>Play music on hold (default)</para></enum>
+							<enum name="r"><para>Ring without pause</para></enum>
+							<enum name="s"><para>Generate silent audio</para></enum>
+							<enum name="h"><para>Put the channel on hold</para></enum>
+							<enum name="n"><para>No entertainment</para></enum>
+						</enumlist>
 					</option>
 					<option name="S">
 						<argument name="duration" required="true" />
-						<para>Automatically end the hold and return to the PBX after
+						<para>Automatically exit the bridge and return to the PBX after
 						<emphasis>duration</emphasis> seconds.</para>
 					</option>
 				</optionlist>
@@ -87,12 +105,8 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 	</application>
  ***/
 /* BUGBUG Add bridge name/id parameter to specify which holding bridge to join (required) */
-/* BUGBUG Add h(moh-class) option to put channel on hold using AST_CONTROL_HOLD/AST_CONTROL_UNHOLD while in bridge */
-/* BUGBUG Add s option to send silence media frames to channel while in bridge (uses a silence generator) */
-/* BUGBUG Add n option to send no media to channel while in bridge (Channel should not be answered yet) */
 /* BUGBUG The channel may or may not be answered with the r option. */
 /* BUGBUG You should not place an announcer into a holding bridge with unanswered channels. */
-/* BUGBUG Not supplying any option flags will assume the m option with the default music class. */
 
 static char *app = "BridgeWait";
 static struct ast_bridge *holding_bridge;
@@ -100,22 +114,21 @@ static struct ast_bridge *holding_bridge;
 AST_MUTEX_DEFINE_STATIC(bridgewait_lock);
 
 enum bridgewait_flags {
-	MUXFLAG_PLAYMOH = (1 << 0),
-	MUXFLAG_RINGING = (1 << 1),
+	MUXFLAG_MOHCLASS = (1 << 0),
+	MUXFLAG_ENTERTAINMENT = (1 << 1),
 	MUXFLAG_TIMEOUT = (1 << 2),
-	MUXFLAG_ANNOUNCER = (1 << 3),
 };
 
 enum bridgewait_args {
+	OPT_ARG_ENTERTAINMENT,
 	OPT_ARG_MOHCLASS,
 	OPT_ARG_TIMEOUT,
 	OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE, /* Always the last element of the enum */
 };
 
 AST_APP_OPTIONS(bridgewait_opts, {
-	AST_APP_OPTION('A', MUXFLAG_ANNOUNCER),
-	AST_APP_OPTION('r', MUXFLAG_RINGING),
-	AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('m', MUXFLAG_PLAYMOH, OPT_ARG_MOHCLASS),
+	AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('e', MUXFLAG_ENTERTAINMENT, OPT_ARG_ENTERTAINMENT),
+	AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('m', MUXFLAG_MOHCLASS, OPT_ARG_MOHCLASS),
 	AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('S', MUXFLAG_TIMEOUT, OPT_ARG_TIMEOUT),
 });
 
@@ -147,18 +160,38 @@ static int apply_option_timeout(struct ast_bridge_features *features, char *dura
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void apply_option_moh(struct ast_channel *chan, char *class_arg)
+static int apply_option_moh(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *class_arg)
 {
-	ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "musiconhold");
-	ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "moh_class", class_arg);
+	return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "moh_class", class_arg);
 }
 
-static void apply_option_ringing(struct ast_channel *chan)
+static int apply_option_entertainment(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *entertainment_arg)
 {
-	ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "ringing");
+	char entertainment = entertainment_arg[0];
+	switch (entertainment) {
+	case 'm':
+		return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "musiconhold");
+	case 'r':
+		return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "ringing");
+	case 's':
+		return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "silence");
+	case 'h':
+		return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "hold");
+	case 'n':
+		return ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(chan, "holding_participant", "idle_mode", "none");
+	default:
+		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Invalid argument for BridgeWait entertainment '%s'\n", entertainment_arg);
+		return -1;
+	}
 }
 
-static int process_options(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_flags *flags, char **opts, struct ast_bridge_features *features)
+enum wait_bridge_roles {
+	ROLE_PARTICIPANT = 0,
+	ROLE_ANNOUNCER,
+	ROLE_INVALID,
+};
+
+static int process_options(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_flags *flags, char **opts, struct ast_bridge_features *features, enum wait_bridge_roles role)
 {
 	if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_TIMEOUT)) {
 		if (apply_option_timeout(features, opts[OPT_ARG_TIMEOUT])) {
@@ -166,30 +199,59 @@ static int process_options(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_flags *flags, ch
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_ANNOUNCER)) {
-		/* Announcer specific stuff */
-		ast_channel_add_bridge_role(chan, "announcer");
-	} else {
-		/* Non Announcer specific stuff */
-		ast_channel_add_bridge_role(chan, "holding_participant");
+	switch (role) {
+	case ROLE_PARTICIPANT:
+		if (ast_channel_add_bridge_role(chan, "holding_participant")) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_MOHCLASS)) {
+			if (apply_option_moh(chan, opts[OPT_ARG_MOHCLASS])) {
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
 
-		if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_PLAYMOH)) {
-			apply_option_moh(chan, opts[OPT_ARG_MOHCLASS]);
-		} else if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_RINGING)) {
-			apply_option_ringing(chan);
+		if (ast_test_flag(flags, MUXFLAG_ENTERTAINMENT)) {
+			if (apply_option_entertainment(chan, opts[OPT_ARG_ENTERTAINMENT])) {
+				return -1;
+			}
 		}
+
+		break;
+	case ROLE_ANNOUNCER:
+		if (ast_channel_add_bridge_role(chan, "announcer")) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		break;
+	case ROLE_INVALID:
+		ast_assert(0);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static enum wait_bridge_roles validate_role(const char *role)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(role, "participant")) {
+		return ROLE_PARTICIPANT;
+	} else if (!strcmp(role, "announcer")) {
+		return ROLE_ANNOUNCER;
+	} else {
+		return ROLE_INVALID;
+	}
+}
+
 static int bridgewait_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 {
 	struct ast_bridge_features chan_features;
 	struct ast_flags flags = { 0 };
 	char *parse;
+	enum wait_bridge_roles role = ROLE_PARTICIPANT;
+	char *opts[OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE] = { NULL, };
 
 	AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS(args,
+		AST_APP_ARG(role);
 		AST_APP_ARG(options);
 		AST_APP_ARG(other);		/* Any remaining unused arguments */
 	);
@@ -209,18 +271,26 @@ static int bridgewait_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 	parse = ast_strdupa(data);
 	AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse);
 
+	if (!ast_strlen_zero(args.role)) {
+		role = validate_role(args.role);
+		if (role == ROLE_INVALID) {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Requested waiting bridge role '%s' is invalid.\n", args.role);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ast_bridge_features_init(&chan_features)) {
 		ast_bridge_features_cleanup(&chan_features);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (args.options) {
-		char *opts[OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE] = { NULL, };
 		ast_app_parse_options(bridgewait_opts, &flags, opts, args.options);
-		if (process_options(chan, &flags, opts, &chan_features)) {
-			ast_bridge_features_cleanup(&chan_features);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	}
+
+	if (process_options(chan, &flags, opts, &chan_features, role)) {
+		ast_bridge_features_cleanup(&chan_features);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	ast_bridge_join(holding_bridge, chan, NULL, &chan_features, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/bridges/bridge_holding.c b/bridges/bridge_holding.c
index bd288c9bd1e82fc2a6c820419e2cfc7f92ff622e..43dde5bdfc25b0b35cf1be70a42ecf024022948a 100644
--- a/bridges/bridge_holding.c
+++ b/bridges/bridge_holding.c
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ enum role_flags {
 	HOLDING_ROLE_ANNOUNCER = (1 << 1),
 };
 
-/* BUGBUG Add IDLE_MODE_HOLD option to put channel on hold using AST_CONTROL_HOLD/AST_CONTROL_UNHOLD while in bridge */
-/* BUGBUG Add IDLE_MODE_SILENCE to send silence media frames to channel while in bridge (uses a silence generator) */
-/* BUGBUG A channel without the holding_participant role will assume IDLE_MODE_MOH with the default music class. */
 enum idle_modes {
 	IDLE_MODE_NONE = 0,
 	IDLE_MODE_MOH,
 	IDLE_MODE_RINGING,
+	IDLE_MODE_SILENCE,
+	IDLE_MODE_HOLD,
 };
 
 /*! \brief Structure which contains per-channel role information */
 struct holding_channel {
 	struct ast_flags holding_roles;
+	struct ast_silence_generator *silence_generator;
 	enum idle_modes idle_mode;
 };
 
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ static void participant_stop_hold_audio(struct ast_bridge_channel *bridge_channe
 		break;
 	case IDLE_MODE_NONE:
 		break;
+	case IDLE_MODE_SILENCE:
+		if (hc->silence_generator) {
+			ast_channel_stop_silence_generator(bridge_channel->chan, hc->silence_generator);
+			hc->silence_generator = NULL;
+		}
+		break;
+	case IDLE_MODE_HOLD:
+		ast_bridge_channel_queue_control_data(bridge_channel, AST_CONTROL_UNHOLD, NULL, 0);
+		break;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -103,6 +112,7 @@ static void participant_start_hold_audio(struct ast_bridge_channel *bridge_chann
 {
 	struct holding_channel *hc = bridge_channel->tech_pvt;
 	const char *moh_class;
+	size_t moh_length;
 
 	if (!hc) {
 		return;
@@ -118,6 +128,14 @@ static void participant_start_hold_audio(struct ast_bridge_channel *bridge_chann
 		break;
 	case IDLE_MODE_NONE:
 		break;
+	case IDLE_MODE_SILENCE:
+		hc->silence_generator = ast_channel_start_silence_generator(bridge_channel->chan);
+		break;
+	case IDLE_MODE_HOLD:
+		moh_class = ast_bridge_channel_get_role_option(bridge_channel, "holding_participant", "moh_class");
+		moh_length = moh_class ? strlen(moh_class + 1) : 0;
+		ast_bridge_channel_queue_control_data(bridge_channel, AST_CONTROL_HOLD, moh_class, moh_length);
+		break;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -133,11 +151,17 @@ static void handle_participant_join(struct ast_bridge_channel *bridge_channel, s
 	}
 
 	if (ast_strlen_zero(idle_mode)) {
-		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_NONE;
+		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_MOH;
 	} else if (!strcmp(idle_mode, "musiconhold")) {
 		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_MOH;
 	} else if (!strcmp(idle_mode, "ringing")) {
 		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_RINGING;
+	} else if (!strcmp(idle_mode, "none")) {
+		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_NONE;
+	} else if (!strcmp(idle_mode, "silence")) {
+		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_SILENCE;
+	} else if (!strcmp(idle_mode, "hold")) {
+		hc->idle_mode = IDLE_MODE_HOLD;
 	} else {
 		ast_debug(2, "channel %s idle mode '%s' doesn't match any expected idle mode\n", ast_channel_name(us), idle_mode);
 	}
diff --git a/main/bridging_roles.c b/main/bridging_roles.c
index 079cbdb333f69caf2f602b5510ecea8cbee6c6f9..a50ade406755932523956c22955eaf23896d5255 100644
--- a/main/bridging_roles.c
+++ b/main/bridging_roles.c
@@ -371,9 +371,7 @@ int ast_channel_set_bridge_role_option(struct ast_channel *channel, const char *
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	setup_bridge_role_option(role, option, value);
-
-	return 0;
+	return setup_bridge_role_option(role, option, value);
 }
 
 int ast_bridge_channel_has_role(struct ast_bridge_channel *bridge_channel, const char *role_name)