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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''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 | '''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 renamed to [[Pearson Television]]; the production company would close in 2001. | 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 renamed to [[Pearson Television]]; the production company would close in 2001. | ||