LBI MEDIA, INC

Entertainment

Recovered

High confidence (90%)

Updated Oct 19, 2026, 12:04 AM

What is happening

Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7

A plan of reorganization became effective and the company emerged from the proceeding. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.

Latest material event: bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 86) (Mar 15, 2021)

Bankruptcy information

Court records associated with this company's legal entities.

18-12655

Court: D. Delaware
District: Delaware
Chapter: Other
Case status: UNKNOWN
Filed: Nov 21, 2018
Judge: Christopher S. Sontchi
Trustee: —
Reported assets: —
Reported liabilities: —

Affiliated debtors

17 affiliated entities filed with LBI MEDIA, INC and are administered under the same case. Each filed its own petition.

EMPIRE BURBANK STUDIOS LLC18-12658
KRCA LICENSE LLC18-12667
KRCA TELEVISION LLC18-12666
KZJL LICENSE LLC18-12664
LBI MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.18-12656
LBI MEDIA INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.18-12657
LBI RADIO LICENSE LLC18-12660
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING, INC.18-12654
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF CALIFORNIA, LLC18-12659
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS LICENSE LLC18-12671
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF DALLAS LLC18-12670
LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LLC18-12661

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LIBERMAN TELEVISION LLC18-12665
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS LICENSE LLC18-12669
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF DALLAS LLC18-12668
LIBERMAN TELEVISION OF HOUSTON LLC18-12663
LIEBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE LLC18-12662

Timeline

Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.

bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 86)
Mar 15, 2021
Bankruptcy case closed
ORDER (I) GRANTING FINAL DECREE CLOSING LIBERMAN BROADCASTING INC.S CHAPTER 11 CASE AND (II) TERMINATING CLAIMS AGENT SERVICES
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12654, entry 86 — “FINAL DECREE”
bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 1191)
Jan 15, 2020
Bankruptcy case closed
FINAL DECREE (I) CLOSING THESUBSIDIARY CASES AND (II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12655, entry 1191 — “FINAL DECREE”
bankruptcy case closed (one order, docketed in 16 member cases)
Jan 15, 2020
Bankruptcy case closed
Final Decree (I) Closing The Subsidiary Cases and (II) Granting Related Relief. Signed on 1/15/2020 (DMC)
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12656, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12657, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12658, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
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- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12659, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12660, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12661, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12662, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12663, entry 9 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12664, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12665, entry 9 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12666, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12667, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12668, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12669, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12670, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12671, entry 8 — “Final Decree”
bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 10)
Jan 15, 2020
Bankruptcy case closed
Final Decree (I) Closing The Subsidiary Cases and (II) Granting Related Relief. Order Signed on 1/15/2020. (DMC)
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12654, entry 10 — “Final Decree”
company reorganized (docket entry 1095)
Oct 15, 2019
Company reorganized
Notice of Effective Date and Entry of Order Confirming Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of LBI Media, Inc. and Its Affiliated Debtors
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12655, entry 1095 — “Notice of Effective Date”
chapter 11 reorganization (docket entry 839)
Apr 17, 2019
Chapter 11 reorganization
Order Confirming Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of LBI Media, Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors.
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 18-12655, entry 839 — “Confirming Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan”
Creditors of LBI MEDIA, INC reached the deadline to file claims
Jan 22, 2019
Claims deadline
LBI Media, Inc.: General Bar Date. Published by Epiq, the claims and noticing agent appointed in the case.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 18-12655 — “LBI Media, Inc. — case 18-12655 — Delaware — before Christopher S. Sontchi — filed Nov 21 2018 — 18 affiliated debtors”
LBI MEDIA, INC filed for bankruptcy
Nov 21, 2018
Bankruptcy filed
LBI Media, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in D. Delaware as case 18-12655 on Nov 21 2018.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 18-12655 — “LBI Media, Inc. — case 18-12655 — Delaware — before Christopher S. Sontchi — filed Nov 21 2018 — 18 affiliated debtors”

Sources

Every material source used to build this profile.

Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Final Decree
Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
LBI Media, Inc. — case 18-12655 — Delaware — before Christopher S. Sontchi — filed Nov 21 2018 — 18 affiliated debtors
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Status history

Every derived status, with the rule that produced it.

RECOVERED → RECOVEREDPLAN_EFFECTIVE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:31 AM
A plan of reorganization became effective and the company emerged from the proceeding. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
RECOVERED → RECOVEREDPLAN_EFFECTIVE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:15 AM
A plan of reorganization became effective and the company emerged from the proceeding. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → RECOVEREDPLAN_EFFECTIVE · Sep 15, 2026, 12:35 PM
A plan of reorganization became effective and the company emerged from the proceeding. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 15, 2026, 12:22 PM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 14, 2026, 04:46 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:33 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.