[2] Indiana Broadcasting Company was granted a construction permit to build a new radio station on 107.9 FM in Indianapolis on July 21, 1960.

Lucky 13 WIFE was a Top 40 dynasty into the 1970s, while the FM station aired an automated beautiful music format.

However, Burden ran afoul of the Federal Communications Commission for a number of serious violations, some of them concerning the Indianapolis operation, and the FCC ruled to deny license renewals to all Star Stations in 1975.

[8] However, the winning applicant had developed a flaw in the intervening years, as Peoples head Joseph Cantor died in September 1981.

The first program director at WTPI was Mark Edwards, and the station's new studios overlooked Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis.

Over the years, WTPI was the radio home of Jennifer Carr, Paul Poteet, Oleta Martin, Pat Moore, Jerry Curtis, Gia Berns, and Kelli Jack, to name a few.

"[16] A popular live syndicated show featuring Tom Kent occupied the evening shift on WNTR.

The station also broadcast classic American Top 40 with Casey Kasem from the 1980s, on Saturday at 6:00 a.m. and also on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. On November 13, 2009, WNTR switched to Christmas music for the holidays.

On May 22, 2013, at 5 p.m., after playing Kesha's "Blow", and a goodbye message, followed by Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)", WNTR began stunting with several micro-formats.

Under the terms of the deal, Cumulus began operating WNTR under a local marketing agreement (LMA) on March 1, 2019.

[21] On May 14, 2020, WNTR ended its month of Christmas music and shifted back to mainstream adult contemporary, still branded as "107.9 The Mix".