The Power Station

Background

The Power Station was a British music channel ran by British Satellite Broadcasting as part of a 5 channel network. The channel remained after BSB's merger with Sky and eventually closed in 1991, so that Sky Movies could launch in its place and since Sky only wanted MTV as their mainstream music channel on their service.

(March 25, 1990-April 8, 1991)

Nickname: "The Forming Power Station"

Logo: We see a rounded windmill of sorts, which starts spinning as pieces of metal with all sorts of shapes begin to form something, some of them having lights. The pieces nearby begin to fall onto the object, which then grows a tree on a model globe, where more metal forms up into a diamond with a thunderbolt on the bottom. The diamond itself is printed with a large "P" on it, with a small "S" on the rounded section of the "P". After the logo is complete, smoke and pyrotechnics appear all around it, as the text "The Power Station" in a white font appears near the left, with the BSB logo appearing more to the right.

Later Variant: Beginning on November 2, 1990, after the merger of BSB and Sky, the text on the bottom of the logo was replaced with "BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING" to reflect the new owners.

FX/SFX: Great looking animation done by Lambie-Nairn!

Music/Sounds: A really cool sounding track. After the BSB-Sky merger, a male announcer would say "You are watching The Power Station, part of the British Sky Broadcasting Network".

Availability: Extinct, but preserved on tape by various people.

Legacy: Amazing graphics for its time.