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'''Lexington Broadcast Services''' (commonly known by its initials, "'''LBS'''") was created in 1976 by Henry Siegel. It was reincorporated to "'''LBS Communications, Inc.'''" in 1984. LBS also joined forces with [[Columbia Pictures Television]] to create "[[Colex Enterprises]]", which distributed TV series by [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] and CPT. Over the years, the company would produce/distribute television shows such as ''Inspector Gadget'' and ''Heathcliff'' ([[DIC Entertainment|DIC]]), ''What's Happening!!'' and ''What's Happening Now!!'' (CPT), ''Baywatch'' and ''Family Feud'' ([[Mark Goodson Television Productions|Mark Goodson]]), and ''World of Wrestling''. LBS was also an ad-sales barter until they formed "TV Horizons". After Colex Enterprises dissolved in 1986, LBS Communications began to lose money and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991. This left the company to sell more than 80% of its assets to [[All American Television]] in March 1992. LBS would live on in the 1990s as an in-name-only unit of All American Television, which was sold to Pearson, plc. in 1997 and was renamed to [[Pearson Television|Pearson Television]]; the production company would close in 2001. Today, most of the LBS library, with the exceptions of their DiC co-productions ([[WildBrain|WildBrain]]), ''What's Happening Now!!'' ([[Sony Pictures Television]]), and ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' ([[Columbia Pictures]]), is owned by [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]].

'''Music/Sounds:''' An uplifting synth tune accompanied by a rising series of beeps, and a synthesized "zap" accompanying the flash. All three elements of the soundtrack sound like they were made on a Moog synthesizer.

* Also appeared on '80s syndication prints of shows from the CPT catalog.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A 9-note synthesizer score ending in 2 drumbeats.

* On the ''What's Happening Now!!'' episode "Mr. First Nighter", it uses the 1982 CPT music.

* On the superimposed ''Kideo TV'' variant, an announcer (John Harlan), continuing from the DIC logo (the first half of the logo combo), says "...and is produced in association with LBS Communications, Inc.!".

* The CBS Television Distribution logo plastered this logo on ''Tales From The Darkside'' DVD releases and Horror Channel airings in the UK, but it's intact on DVD releases of ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' and ''What's Happening Now!!.'' It is unknown if the [[ThrillerVideo]]/[[Artisan Entertainment|IVE]] VHS releases of ''TFTD'' retain this logo, or the above logo.

* A still in-credit variant with {{Font color|magenta|magenta}} lettering with the text "In association with" in white was seen on the final season of ''21 Jump Street''. Later episodes of that season had a still image with a smaller LBS logo in magenta and the company name in a big bold white font on a gradient violet background. This is similar to the 2nd logo.

* 1989-1991: A descending synth jingle with a deep wind sound, then a 2-note synth choir jingle. The distribution variant has a longer version with the last note of the first jingle and the first note of the second one being held on longer.  

* On the 1990 TV special ''A Tribute to John Lennon'', a synth fanfare.

* 1987-1989: Very rare. The distribution version appears occasionally on ''Father Knows Best'' on Antenna TV. It was spotted on a repeat of ''Hazel'' on TV Land years ago and the last season of ''Inspector Gadget''. It was also intact on the final season of ''Tales from the Darkside'' (that would feature the 2nd [[Tribune Entertainment|Tribune]] logo) last seen on Syfy, but some episodes plaster it with the [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] logo instead. This can also be found on ''Inspector Gadget'' tapes released by [[Maier Communications, Inc.|Maier Group]]. Also seen on some episodes through the finale of ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' on DVD.

* 1989-1991: Rare, but you can still find this version on some shows currently like ''What's Happening Now!!'' on TVOne and occasionally on ''Father Knows Best'' and ''The Monkees'' on Antenna TV. It's also on CBN's reruns of ''The Young Rebels'' and Nostalgia Television's reruns of ''The Interns'', as well as ''Eisched''.

* In-credit and Still variant: This is also extinct. It was only seen on the final season of ''21 Jump Street'' in syndication, but current prints remove this and the other. International prints, however, may keep this, as did a French TV airing in the mid-90s.

'''Nicknames:''' "15th Year Anniversary Logo", "The LBS Egg Logo"

* This is preserved on the [[Goodtimes Home Video]] VHS of ''The Elvis Files''.