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Performance MainStreet (or Mainstreet as it appeared on the
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) was an arts and entertainment
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channel broadcast in the
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, on the Sky Digital platform. The channel was closed down on 10 September 2008 and it was replaced by Rock on TV on 1 October 2008. The channel showed a mixture of
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...
, classical music and classic and contemporary pop and rock. Programming included concerts, recitals, documentaries and star profiles from noted bands, singers and musicians. Music featured included jazz, classical, rock, pop, blues, soul and funk. The channel also showed repeats of the
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television music show the ''
Old Grey Whistle Test ''The Old Grey Whistle Test'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''Whistle Test'' or ''OGWT'') is a British television music show. The show was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers, commissioned by David Attenborough and aired on BBC2 from 1971 to 1988. ...
''. Originally Performance MainStreet broadcast mainly classic and contemporary rock music in its schedules, in contrast to its defunct sister channel the Performance Channel which concentrated more on classical music and jazz. After the closure of the Performance Channel in July 2008, the
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has been removed from the morning schedule and replaced with a mixture of contemporary and classical music programming (teleshopping then only occupied the 12:00-15:00 timeslot). Defunct British television channels Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008 {{UK-tv-channel-stub