- 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 ofKRCR-TV and a locally-ownedNBC affiliate. The other remaining networks are a Telemundo affiliate in Sacramento and two stations in Medford, OR.ainte Television Group, Chico
* KCVU FOX 30 (Chico)
* KRVU My 21 (Chico) (alsoION Television andLeSEA )
* KUCO Univision 27 (Chico)
* KXVU Telemundo 17 (Chico)
* KKTF TeleFutura 35 (Chico)Eureka Television Group
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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) (alsoION Television andLeSEA )
* 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 inPalo Alto ,California at age 78. He is survived by his wife Ann and his children.Reference links
* [http://www.sacbee.com/obituaries/story/1146847.html Obituary: Chester Smith, Modesto-area country music singer and radio broadcaster] (The Sacramento Bee: August 11, 2008)
* [http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_10173912 TV station owner Chester Smith dies] (Chico Enterprise Record: August 11, 2008)External links
* Official company website
* [http://www.sainte.tv/ Sainte Partners website]* Chico
** [http://www.myfoxchico.com/ FOX 30 website]
** [http://www.my21.tv/ My 21 website]
** [http://www.univision27.com/ Univision 27 website]
** [http://www.telemundo17.com/ Telemundo 17 website]* Medford
* [http://www.kfbimy48.com/ My 48 Website]* Sacramento
* [http://kcso33.com/ Telemundo 33 website]* Eureka
* [http://www.eurekatelevision.tv/ Eureka Television Group website]
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