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 Chester Smith (March 29, 1930 – August 8, 2008) was a country-western musician and business entrepreneur. Early life and radio career Smith was born in Durant, Oklahoma, on March 29, 1930. He and his family relocated to Tranquility, Californi ...

and his wife Naomi.

Stations previously owned by Sainte

* KCSO-LD Telemundo 33 (Sacramento), now owned by

NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. NBCUniversal is primaril ...

KFBI-LD KFBI-LD (channel 48) is a low-power television station in Medford, Oregon, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV and Telemundo. It is owned by Imagicomm Communications alongside Fox affiliate KMVU-DT (channel 26). Both stations share studio ...

My 48

MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its ...

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48.2 (Medford), now owned by

Imagicomm Communications INSP (formerly The Inspiration Network; the initialism is sounded out letter-by-letter) is an American digital cable television network that features primarily westerns (both shows and movies) and is headquartered in Indian Land, South Carolina - ...

KMCW-LP KMCW-LP (channel 14) was a low-power television station in Medford, Oregon, United States. It was owned by Northwest Broadcasting alongside Fox affiliate KMVU (channel 26) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KFBI-LD (channel 48). History KMCW-LP signed ...

Telemundo 14 (Medford), now owned by Imagicomm Communications * KVIQ CBS 17 (Eureka), now owned by Imagicomm Communications *

KCVU KCVU (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Paradise, California, United States, serving the Chico– Redding market as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreemen ...

Fox 20 (Chico) & KBVU Fox 28 (Eureka), now owned by

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, operated by

Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, ...

MyTV Northern California KRVU-LD (channel 21) is a low-power television station in Redding, California, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside ABC affiliate KRCR-TV (channel 7, also licensed to Redding) and three oth ...

(Chico/Eureka), now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * KUCO-LP

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and inclu ...

27 (Chico), now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group *

KXVU-LD KXVU-LD, virtual channel 17 (VHF digital channel 3), is a low-powered Antenna TV-affiliated television station licensed to Chico, California, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is a sister station to ABC affiliate KRCR-TV ...

Telemundo 17 (Chico), now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group *

KKTF-LD KKTF-LD (channel 30) is a low-power television station licensed to Chico, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Redding-licensed ABC affiliate KRCR-TV ...

Telefutura 30 (Chico), now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * KUVU-LP CW (Eureka) (Now

KECA-LD KECA-LD (channel 29) is a low-power television station in Eureka, California, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Arcata-licensed ABC affiliate KAEF-TV (channel 23) and low- ...

), now owned by 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 Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was ...

at age 78. He is survived by his second wife Ann and three daughters.TV station owner Chester Smith dies
(Chico Enterprise Record: August 11, 2008)

References

{{reflist Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Stanislaus County, California Mass media companies disestablished in 2014