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* It first appeared on LBS' first nationally syndicated program ''Hot Fudge''.
* This logo
* It was also
* The variation with "INC." can be seen on some early episodes of ''Tales from the Darkside'' last seen on Syfy and the now-defunct Chiller.
** Some airings of the show on Syfy, however, have the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo, while DVD releases (and Comet in the USA, and Horror Channel airings in the UK) use the 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo instead, but it's still intact on the 2015 ''Strawberry Shortcake - Double Feature: The Wonderful World of Strawberry Shortcake/Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City'' DVD release released by [[CBS Home Entertainment]].
* The still variant can be seen at the end of ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation''.
* This logo can also be seen on GetTV airings of ''The Glen Campbell Music Show''.
* It was also
* It was also seen at the end of a 1985 airing of ''Rainbow Brite'' on affiliate WNEW, following the silent variant of the videotaped version of the [[DIC Entertainment|DIC]] "Vortex" logo.
===2nd Logo (June 27, 1984-March 26, 1988)===
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* There are also two main variants of this logo; a filmed version and a videotaped version.
*
*
'''Technique:''' Computer animation and chyroned text.
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* The videotaped version survived on ''Tales from the Darkside'' on the now defunct Chiller and Syfy, although some episodes plastered it with the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures "Crashing Comets" logo.
* The videotaped version of this logo, along with the videotaped variant of the DIC Entertainment "Vortex" logo is also
* The videotaped version of this logo is also
* The 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo plastered this logo on ''Tales From The Darkside'' DVD releases, Comet airings, and Horror Channel airings in the UK, but it's still intact on DVD releases of ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' and ''What's Happening Now!!'', as well as uploads on both the official [[The Jim Henson Company]] YouTube channel and Amazon Prime Video of the former.
** It is unknown if the [[ThrillerVideo]]/[[Artisan Entertainment|IVE]] VHS releases of ''TFTD'' retain this logo, or the above logo.
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* 1987-1989: The distribution version
** It was also 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]] logo) last seen on Syfy, but some episodes plaster it with the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo instead.
** This is also
** It is also
** It is also
* 1989-1991: This version
** It's also on CBN's reruns of ''The Young Rebels'' and Nostalgia Television's reruns of ''The Interns'', as well as ''Eisched''.
** It was also
** It was also
* 1990: It was seen on a few syndie episodes in tandem with the 1989 logo on ''Family Feud''.
* In-credit and Still variant: It was only seen on the final season of ''21 Jump Street'' in syndication, but current prints remove this and the other.
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* This
* The logo is also retained on the [[GoodTimes Entertainment|Goodtimes Home Video]] VHS release of ''The Elvis Files''.
* The logo is currently plastered by the 2001 and 2018 [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia/Fremantle]] logos on season 2 ''Baywatch'' episodes on DVD and HD remasters; check their old tapes elsewhere for earlier prints. (However,
* It was last seen on second season episodes of ''Baywatch'' on Universal Channel Poland as well (albeit cropped to 16:9).
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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 and CPT. Over the years, the company would produce/distribute television shows such as Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff (DiC), What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!! (CPT), Baywatch and Family Feud (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.
Today, most of the LBS library, with the exceptions of their DiC co-productions (WildBrain), What's Happening Now!! (Sony Pictures Television), and Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (Columbia Pictures), is owned by Fremantle.
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1st Logo (September 1976-1984) | 2nd Logo (June 27, 1984-March 26, 1988) | 3rd Logo (April 12, 1987-April 27, 1991) | 4th Logo (September 23, 1991-May 18, 1992) |
Visuals: On a black background, a series of four small lights flashing multiple colors, scans across the screen, leaving a large fused "LBS", consisting of an "L" and "S" nearly fused together and a "B" in the gap between them. The LBS logo slides back into the background and, after the LBS text slides into place, a small white flash appears, leaving behind the text "LEXINGTON BROADCAST SERVICES COMPANY" in a white Futura font.
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Technique: Backlit cel animation, with chyroned text for the 1983 variant.
Audio: An uplifting synth tune accompanied by a rising series of beeps, and a synthesized "zap" accompanying the flash. The entire soundtrack sounds like they were made on a Moog synthesizer.
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Visuals: On a shaded violet gradient background with a floor, a curved "LBS" (exactly like in the 1st logo, but in a medium shade of light blue) zooms out while "unfolding" and stops in the center of the screen. "LBS COMMUNICATIONS INC." wipes in under the logo, in an ITC Avant Garde font, as the LBS logo "shines" with a stripe of white inside. The shadow of the LBS logo can be seen below on the floor.
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Technique: Computer animation and chyroned text.
Audio: A nine-note synthesizer score ending in two drumbeats, composed by Andrew Holtzman.
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Visuals: On a black background, a group of round balls pan to the left of the screen. The "LBS" logo, now in 3D and colored a transparent dark blue, slides in from the right side of the screen and the camera revolves to the front of it, during which two groups of 5 conical lights (possibly representing meteors) streak through twice. The logo makes a stop at the front of the screen, a spotlight illuminates the logo, and "LBS COMMUNICATIONS INC." fades in below in the same font as before, but with a metallic look to it.
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Technique: CGI.
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Visuals: On a black background, a yellow/white oval comes from the middle of the screen and swoops forwards. Then, the LBS logo in red comes down from the top of the screen, followed by a purple banner flying up as the text "15TH ANNIVERSARY" wipes in over it. After the logo is completed, the entire logo shines as "1976-1991" appear along the bottom edge of the oval.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: A mellow synthesizer score. Starting in late 1991, a five-note synthesized somber tune ending in synth guitar chords is used (a short version of the latter also exists). Both versions have a "ping" sound (different in each other) to indicate the shine.
Audio Variant: On a Universal Channel Poland airing of at least one episode of the second season of Baywatch, the logo is silent.
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