The Power Station (TV channel)

The Power Station
Launched	25 March 1990
Closed	8 April 1991
Owned by	British Satellite Broadcasting (1990) BSkyB (1990-1991)
Sister channel(s)	The Movie Channel The Sports Channel Galaxy Now The Computer Channel
Availability at time of closure
Satellite
Analogue	Marcopolo 1, 12.01518
Cable
Available on some services

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

Power Up (weekdays 7-9am) was the Power Station's Breakfast Show, hosted by Chris Evans.

Other main shows included The Carmen Ejogo Video Show (weekdays 4-5pm), The Power Chart with Pat Sharp (weekdays 5-6pm), Sushi TV (weekdays 6-7pm) and Jonathan Coleman's Swing Shift (Monday-Thursday 11pm-1am) (Times given are for October 1990).

The channel also featured Boy George's weekly chat show Blue Radio, The Power Club, The Power Hour (a top 10 show, for example albums), Krush Rap, Rage (where DJ Elayne presented funky rap, soul, acid house and funk), The Chart of Charts (a two-hour chart pick with indie, dance, 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, Jerry Lee Lewis and Phil Collins.