The Power Station was a

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channel that was operated by British Satellite Broadcasting (later British Sky Broadcasting, after BSB and Sky Television merged). It was a dedicated music channel.

History

Programming

''Power Up'' (weekdays at 7.00–9.00am) was the Power Station's breakfast show, hosted by Chris Evans. Other main shows that include ''The Power Hour'' (weekdays at 12.00–1.00pm), '' The Carmen Ejogo Video Show'' (weekdays at 4.00–5.00pm), ''The Power Chart'' with Pat Sharp (weekdays at 5.00–6.00pm and Sundays at 4.00–5.00pm), ''Sushi TV'' (weekdays at 6.00–7.00pm) and '' Jonathan Coleman's Swing Shift'' (Monday to Thursday at 11.00pm–1.00am). The channel also featured Boy George's weekly chat show ''Blue Radio'', ''The Power Club'', ''The Power Hour'' (a top ten show for example albums), ''Krush Rap'', ''Rage'' (where DJ Elayne Smith presented funky rap, soul,

acid house Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesiz ...

and

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

), ''The Chart of Charts'' (a two-hour chart pick with indie,

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

, metal and US music), and ''Power Haus'' (a 'headbangers' heaven'). ''Speakeasy'' featured jazz with rock music a feature of ''Raw Power''. Live concerts came from artists including the Inspiral Carpets, Belinda Carlisle,

Jason Donovan Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968) is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap ''Neighbours'', playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 mi ...

, Jerry Lee Lewis and

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

Merger and closure

On 2 November 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television merged, as well as

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and Now channels were closed, but at first the Power Station survived, gaining a " British Sky Broadcasting" suffix on its logo. The Power Station eventually ceased broadcasting at around 4.00am on 8 April 1991, with the final programme on the channel was an episode of '' Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot'', which was aired during ''Swing Shift.'' At 6.00am, channel 4 for BSB viewers became

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, a subscription-based channel and it was given free to BSB viewers for one month if they also subscribed to The Movie Channel.

References

External links

The Power Station at TVARK
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