Dick Broadcasting classic country “105.5 Hank-FM” 1450 WWHK/W288DK Myrtle Beach, SC, has gone dark after a chain of technical and financial problems within the company’s five-station cluster. The station’s FM translator W288DK was initially taken silent in late December after sister station classic rock “Wave 104.1” WYAV suffered an undiagnosed technical failure. Dick repurposed the translator’s antenna for WYAV under a temporary STA. The company has now filed with the FCC to take WWHK silent, citing financial constraints.
Dick has scrubbed Hank-FM’s website and social media accounts. WWHK, which launched in May 2018, had been carrying a modest 0.6 Eastlan share in December 2025. The station had been competing against Cumulus Media classic country “106.5 Nash Icon”…..