WMDR signed on the air on October 2, 1946, as an affiliate of
Mutual and
Yankee networks. in 1994, its
call sign and
nostalgia format moved to 1280 AM, while 1340 became religious station WMDR. (The 1280 frequency became WJYE in 2014 and
WHTP in 2020). In May 1998, WMDR changed formats to a religious children's format, changing to
southern gospel in late 2005, with the religious children's format moving to
WMDR-FM. In March 2007, AM 1340 once again flipped formats with its FM counterpart, inheriting the
contemporary Christian music format. In 2009, the religious children's format was moved to an on demand section of their website and 1340 changed to a Christian-based
talk radio station. Sometime in early 2017, WMDR returned to airing a religious children's format, now branded as "The Arrow". ==Translators==