Sainte_Partners_II,_L.P

Sainte Partners II, L.P.

Sainte Partners II, L.P. (also known as Sainte Television Group) is a broadcast company based in Modesto, California. The company's founder was country-western performer Chester Smith and the current chief executive officer is Robert Castro. They own several television stations throughout California and southern Oregon. In Chico, they are affiliated with both FOX networks FOX and all the Spanish-language networks. In Eureka, they are affiiliated with all the major broadcast networks except for ABC, a satellite of KRCR-TV and a locally-owned NBC affiliate. The other remaining networks are a Telemundo affiliate in Sacramento and two stations in Medford, OR.

Sainte Television Group, Chico

KCVU FOX 30 (Chico)
KRVU My 21 (Chico) (also ION Television and LeSEA)
KUCO Univision 27 (Chico)
KXVU Telemundo 17 (Chico)
KKTF TeleFutura 35 (Chico)

Eureka Television Group

KVIQ CBS 6 (Eureka) Owned by Raul Broadcasting and operated by Sainte
KUVU Channel 9 / "Eureka's CW" (Eureka)
K52FK Telemundo 20 (Eureka) Coming Soon
KBVU FOX 29 (Eureka)
KEMY KEMY 33 / My Network TV (Eureka)
KEUV Univision 31 (Eureka)

Other Sainte owned television stations

KCSO Telemundo 33 (Sacramento)
KFBI My 48 (Medford) (also ION Television and LeSEA)
KMCW Telemundo 14 (Medford)

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 wife Ann and his children.