Rhino Broadcasting Company

The Rhino Broadcasting Company is an American television and radio broadcasting company. It's headquarters are located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
== History ==
The company was founded on May 18, 1988 by George H. Linnan, who wanted to launch a television channel of his own.
In December of that year, the company announced it would buy a channel from the Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, later revealed to be The Family Movie Channel. The company then announced it would then acquire a 50% stake in the channel, in which the channel would close on December 31, 1989, being replaced by a channel called Kids Channel, which was announced to launch the next day. Kids Channel was to be focused on animated series from the 1960's to present day.
In June of 1989, the company established a subsidiary named Rhino Broadcasting International Company, because the company was planning on launching international versions of Kids Channel.
Kids Channel commenced broadcasting on January 1, 1990 at 8:00 am EST, replacing The Family Movie Channel. 
In June of 1990, the company announced it's subsidiary would launch British and Canadian versions of Kids Channel, which would launch on July 1 and 4 respectively.
On August 1, 1991, RBC launched The Boxing Channel.
On February 17, 1992, the company's headquarters moved to Winston-Salem.
In 1994, Canadian animation studio and children's media company Nelvana purchased a 10% stake in Kids Channel.
On February 12, 1996, the company launched it's first radio station, titled KMVF-FM.
On August 1, 1998, the company launched it's first television station, JMML, which was an ABC affiliated station.
On July 1, 1999, the company launched it's second television and radio stations, BVCX-FM and HRFD. HRFD was an NBC affiliate.
On August 1, 2000, the company launched TrentTV.
On December 5, 2001, the company launched it's third television station, JINL. It was a CBS affiliate.
On January 31, 2002, the company launched it's fourth third television station, CARE. It was a WB affiliate.
On October 4, 2007, The company bought TV, LLC.
On September 21, 2017, RBC announced that TrentTV would be shut down on December 31, 2017, due to low ratings. The channel ceased operations on December 31, 2017, and was replaced by an HD simulcast of Kids Channel.
On December 31, 2018, RBC announced a joint venture with Trinome Media. The channel was named Roblox Television and was planned to replace Kids Channel in 2019. However RBC delayed the launch to 2020. 3 days later, RBC announced that TrentTV would be relaunched, replacing The Boxing Channel. On December 28, 2019, RBC confirmed that the channel would be relaunched on June 30, 2020. 
On January 20, 2020, the company launched it's fitfh television station, HAIR. It is a CW affiliate. 
On March 7, 2020, Trinome Media announced it would be pulling out of the Roblox Television venture, due to similarities with the E-Media-owned Roblox Network. After that announcement, RBC announced that Kids Channel would be replaced by a relaunch of The Family Movie Channel, the channel Kids Channel replaced when it launched in 1990. 
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