Seven Mountains Media LLC, also doing business as Southern Belle LLC, is an American radio broadcasting and digital marketing company founded in 2014 by Kristin Cantrell and based in State College, Pennsylvania. It owns radio stations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky, the last of which operates under the brand CapCity Communications.
History Cantrell's father, Kerby Confer, was also a prominent radio broadcaster; Confer had founded the Forever radio station groups (Forever Broadcasting, Forever Communications and Forever Media).
In October 2011, it was announced that Forever Broadcasting would sell its three Kentucky stations to Southern Belle LLC for $700,000. In November 2011, Aloha Station Trust LLC sold WKRD-FM for $175,000.
On September 8, 2014, it was announced that Seven Mountains (a new company at the time) struck a deal with First Media Radio LLC to acquire four of its State College radio stations for $2.075 million. One week later on September 15, Seven Mountains struck another deal to acquired three more radio stations from 2510 Licenses for $2.05 million.
In November 2014, Seven Mountains acquired two Lewistown, Pennsylvania stations from Starview Media Inc. for $650,000.
Following the complete acquisition of the Lewistown stations, in April 2015, Seven Mountains acquired WHUN-FM in Mount Union, Pennsylvania and WHUN in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from Forever Media for $100,000.
On August 12, 2015, Max Media sold its four Central Pennsylvania radio stations to Seven Mountains for $3.8 million.
In October 2016, First Media Radio sell the rest of its west Central Pennsylvania radio cluster to Seven Mountains for $4.5 million.
In January 2019, it was announced that Community Broadcasters would sell their seven stations in Corning–Elmira and Olean, New York to Seven Mountains for $3.9 million.
On August 14, 2019, Seven Mountains announced that they would acquire two Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania stations from Connoisseur Media for $1.1 million.
In December 2019, Davenport Broadcasting agreed to sell WKYL to CapCity for $250,000.
In January 2020, Seven Mountains announced that they would acquire three full-power stations and twelve FM translators from companies controlled by George Hawras and Kevin Fitzgerald for $2 million. In October, they also acquired WUDE-FM for $200,000.
In February 2021, Seven Mountains announced that they would acquire 11 stations and five translators across the Southern Tier of New York State from Waypoint Media’s subsidiary Sound Communications for $1.8 million. They would also trade four of their existing stations, and three stations and one translator from Sound to Family Life Ministries for WCIG and five translators in New York.
On October 12, 2022, it was announced that Seven Mountains would acquire 34 stations and 12 translators from Forever Media for $17.375 million. Almost a month later on November 7, Seven Mountains announced that they acquired WCCR-FM and WWCH from Clarion County Broadcasting Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
In September 2023, Seven Mountains acquired four Bowling Green, Kentucky stations from Forever Communications for $1.125 million. The same day, they also acquired six Parkersburg, West Virginia stations from Burbach Broadcasting for $700,000.
In April 2024, Seven Mountains announced that would acquire two station from Jim Lotus' Covenant Communications for $75,000. This came 5 months after Lotus left his Seven Mountains' role as the chief operating officer (COO).
In May 2024, Seven Mountains sold WLGD to Times-Shamrock Communications for $300,000.
In July 2024, it was announced that Seven Mountains Media would acquire WLIH from Good Christian Radio Broadcasting for $125,000.
One month later in August, Seven Mountains announced that they had closed a deal to buy three more Bowling Green, Kentucky stations (WCLU, WLYE-FM, WLLI) from Royse Radio for $450,000. Two months later in October 2024, Seven Mountains announced that the company and Commonwealth Broadcasting agreed to swap stations. The station Seven Mountains swapped from Commonwealth are WKLX (under a local marketing agreement), WOVO, WPTQ and WWKU.
In August 2025, Seven Mountains sold WQBG to Family Life Ministries for $400,000.
Radio stations AM Station FM Station Market State Station Format Bowling Green Kentucky WBVR 1340 Country WWKU 1450 Active rock W240CP 95.9 Classic hip hop WOVO 96.7 Country WKLX 100.7 Classic hits WPTQ 105.3 Classic rock WBVR-FM 106.3 Country WUHU 107.1 Hot adult contemporary Elmira–Corning New York WMAJ 1230 Adult contemporary WENI 1450 Classic country WNDA 1490 Classic hits WNGZ 1490 WOGA 92.3 WNBT-FM 104.5 Country WENI-FM 92.7 Classic rock WMTT-FM 94.7 WCBF 96.1 Country WPHD 98.7 Classic hits WNBT-FM 104.5 Country WNKI 106.1 Contemporary hit radio Hornell WZHD 97.1 Classic rock WKPQ 105.3 Country Olean WOEN 1360 Classic rock WOLY 1450 Classic hits WPIG 95.7 Country WQRS 98.3 Classic rock WMXO 101.5 Contemporary hit radio Youngstown Ohio WUZZ 1200 Classic hits WKST 1280 Classic country WYLE 95.1 Altoona Pennsylvania WFBG 1290 Contemporary hit radio WTNA 1430 Classic hits WFGY 98.1 Country WALY 100.1 Adult contemporary WQWY 103.9 Classic hits WRKY-FM 104.9 Classic rock WDBF-FM 106.3 Country Bloomsburg WHLM 930 Classic rock WBWX 1280 WCFT-FM 106.5 Country Clarion WWCH 1300 Classic country WCCR-FM 92.7 Contemporary hit radio WKFT 101.3 Classic country Clearfield–DuBois WCPA 900 Classic hits WPQP 93.1 Contemporary hit radio WQQP 95.9 WMKX 105.5 Modern/classic rock Franklin–Meadville WTIV 1230 Classic hits WFRA 1450 Contemporary hit radio WMGW 1490 WRQI 94.3 Classic rock WHMJ 99.3 Classic hits WGYY 100.3 Country Indiana-Johnstown WGGI 990 WNTJ 1490 Classic hits WJHT 92.1 Contemporary hit radio WFGI-FM 95.5 Country WKYE 96.5 Adult contemporary WRKW 99.1 Classic rock WOWQ 101.7 Classic hits Lebanon WLBR 1270 Full-service radio–classic hits WFVY 100.1 Country Lewistown WLUI 670 Oldies WHUN 1150 Classic hits WJUN 1220 Classic rock WIBF 92.5 Country WMRF-FM 95.7 Hot adult contemporary WNNA 106.1 Classic hits Mansfield–Wellsboro WLIH 107.1 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton WARM 590 Classic hits Selinsgrove–Lewisburg WHNA 92.3 WRBG 98.3 Country State College WLGJ 1260 Classic country WBHV 1390 Contemporary hit radio WLEJ 1450 Classic country WZWW 93.7 Hot adult contemporary WBUS 99.5 Classic rock WFGE 101.1 Country WOWY 103.1 Classic hits Stroudsburg WPCO 840 WSBG 93.5 Hot adult contemporary WVPO 96.7 Country Williamsport WLYC 1050 Classic rock WEJS 1600 Classic country Parkersburg West Virginia WLYQ 1050 WPKB 1230 Contemporary hit radio WGGE 95.1 Country WXIL 99.1 Classic hits WHBR-FM 103.1 Active rock WRZZ 106.1 Classic rock
CapCity stations Market State Station Format Frankfort–Lexington Kentucky WKYW 1490 Classic rock WVKY 101.7 Country WKYL 102.1 Classic hits WFRT-FM 103.7
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