The station went on the air as WDBF in the 70s and broadcast a Big band format under the ownership of bandleader Vic Knight. On April 3, 2001, the station changed its call sign to WPBI. On April 23, 2003, the calls were changed to WFFL but were quickly changed to WFTL one week later. The following week (May 7, 2003) the call sign was again changed to the current WDJA. From [3] On February 3, 2009, the World Ethnic format was dropped for a News/talk format.
On January 1, 2012, WDJA flipped to a Spanish Christian format branded as Radio Universo.