Sainte Partners II, L.P. (also known as Sainte Television Group) was a broadcast company based in Modesto, California. The company's founder was country-western performer Chester Smith and his wife Naomi.
KCSO-LD Telemundo 33 (Sacramento), sold to Serestar Communications Corporation
KFBI-LD My 48 My Network TV, This TV 48.2 (Medford), sold to Northwest Broadcasting
KMCW-LP Telemundo 14 (Medford), sold to Northwest Broadcasting
KVIQ CBS 17 (Eureka), sold to Frontier Radio Management, was later resold to Northwest Broadcasting
KCVU FOX 20 (Chico) & KBVU FOX 28 (Eureka), sold to Bonten Media Group and Esteem Broadcasting
MyTV Northern California (Chico/Eureka), sold to Bonten Media Group
KUCO-LP Univision 27 (Chico), sold to Bonten Media Group
KXVU-LP Telemundo 17 (Chico), sold to Bonten Media Group, was later resold to K4 Media Holdings
KKTF-LD Telefutura 30 (Chico), sold to Bonten Media Group
KUVU-LP CW (Eureka) (Now KECA-LD), sold to Bonten Media Group
The Sacramento Bee and Chico Enterprise Record have both reported that Chester Smith, founder of Sainte Partners, died on August 8, 2008, at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California at age 78. He is survived by his second wife Ann and three daughters.
