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.
Stations previously owned by Sainte KCSO-LD Telemundo 33 (Sacramento), now owned by NBCUniversal KFBI-LD my48 MyNetworkTV (Medford), now owned by Marquee Broadcasting KMCW-LP Telemundo 14 (Medford) KVIQ CBS 14 (Eureka), now owned by Marquee Broadcasting KCVU 20 (Paradise–Chico–Redding) & KBVU 28 (Eureka), both are owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD (Redding/Chico), now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group KUCO-LP Univision 27 (Chico), now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group KXVU-LD Telemundo 17 (Chico), now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group KKTF-LD Telefutura 30 (Chico), now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group KUVU-LP CW (Eureka) (Now KECA-LD), now owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Death of Chester Smith 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.Obituary: Chester Smith, Modesto-area country music singer and radio broadcaster (The Sacramento Bee: August 11, 2008)TV station owner Chester Smith dies (Chico Enterprise Record: August 11, 2008)
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