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===Founding===

WBS was founded as the Internet Roundtable Society in 1990 by Michael J. Fremont and Wendie Bernstein Lash in [[Menlo Park, California]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Corporate Backgrounder | url=http://wbs.net/wbs/press/press.html | date=10 December 1997 | website=WebChat Broadcasting System | access-date=6 May 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971210161302/http://wbs.net/wbs/press/press.html | archive-date=10 December 1997 | url-status=dead}}</ref> It began as an "[[edutainment]]" company featuring such content as live Internet broadcasts of interviews with prominent individuals in science, technology, and pop culture. As internet chatting gained popularity, butthe company began focusingto focus on chat in 1993, whereupon the name was changed to the WebChat Broadcasting System in 1993.<ref name="yahoo">{{Cite web | author=CNET News staff | title=Yahoo adds voice to chat | website=[[CNET News]] | date=7 January 1997 | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-adds-voice-to-chat/ | access-date=19 August 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025011355/http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-adds-voice-to-chat/2100-1023_3-259979.html | archive-date=25 October 2012 | url-status=live}}</ref>

===Growth===