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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2005
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Saga Communications, Inc.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Delaware</B>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>38-3042953</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(State or other jurisdiction of
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">incorporation or organization)
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Saga Communications, Inc.<BR>
  73 Kercheval Avenue<BR>
  Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236<BR>
  (313)&nbsp;886-7070</B><BR>
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Fred B. Green, Esq.<BR>
  Bodman LLP<BR>
  34<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor, 100 Renaissance Center<BR>
  Detroit, Michigan 48243<BR>
  (313)&nbsp;259-7777</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  
  
  
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  <TR><TD colspan="17" align="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></TD></TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">Title of Securities</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Offering Price Per</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Aggregate Offering</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount of</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">to be Registered</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Registered</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Share (2)</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Price (2)</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="2" align="right" nowrap>1,500,000 shs.</TD>
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      <TD align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">13.92</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">20,880,000</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">2,458</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;B Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="right">500,000 shs.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right">13.92</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right">6,960,000</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right">819</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="right">500,000 shs.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right">-0-</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="right">-0-</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="right">-0-</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">issuable upon conversion
  of Class&nbsp;B Common Stock (1)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="left">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">3,277</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">The Class&nbsp;B Common Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into an equal number of
  shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the Registration
  Fee pursuant to the Rules 457(h) and 457(i) based on the average of the high and low prices for the
  Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;24, 2005.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">Part&nbsp;I &#151; Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">Part&nbsp;II  &#151; Information Required in Registration Statement</A></TD></TR>
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part I &#151; Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) relates to the issuance of shares of
  Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, Class&nbsp;B Common Stock, and Class&nbsp;A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
  the Class&nbsp;B Common Stock (collectively, the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Saga Communications, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), to persons who participate in the Saga Communications, Inc.
  2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form&nbsp;S-8 (Plan information,
  Company information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to participants as
  specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
  prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents, and the documents
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of this Form&nbsp;S-8 (Part
  II hereof) taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part II  &#151; Information Required in Registration Statement</B>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
  
  
  
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      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March&nbsp;16, 2005.</TD>
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      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s 2005 definitive Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;3, 2005.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005.</TD>
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      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May&nbsp;13, 2005.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
  Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;8-A, No.&nbsp;001-11588, filed on December&nbsp;4, 1992 and
  January&nbsp;6, 2004, filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
  hereof from the date of filing of each such document.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">None.
  
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification to the full
  extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;Delaware Code&#148;), as
  amended from time to time. Such section makes mandatory the indemnification by the Company of
  directors, officers, employees or agents from and against any and all expenses and liabilities that
  may be imposed upon or incurred by him in connection with, or as a result of, any proceeding in
  which he may become involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that he is or was such
  a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary or parent of the Company,
  whether or not he continues to be such at the time such expenses and liabilities have been imposed
  or incurred. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Code also provides that such indemnification is not
  exclusive of any other indemnification rights granted by the Company to directors, officers,
  employees or agents.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The By-Laws of the Company mandate that each person who at any time is, or shall have been, a
  director or officer of the Company, and is threatened to be or is made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
  investigative by reason of the fact that he is, or was, a director, officer, employee or agent of
  the Company, or is or has served at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or
  agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
  indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or
  proceeding to the full extent permitted under subsections (a)&nbsp;through (e)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the
  Delaware Code, as from time to time amended. The By-Laws further provide that the foregoing right
  of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which
  such director, officer, employee or agent may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of
  stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall continue as to a person who has
  ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
  executors and administrators of such a person.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company also contains a provision eliminating the
  liability of a director to the Company or its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a
  director, other than liability (a)&nbsp;for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or
  its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware Code or (d)&nbsp;for any
  transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">3
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents are attached hereto or incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to this
  Registration Statement:
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Exhibit Number</U></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Description of Document</U></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December
  12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s registration statement
  on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-11588) filed on January&nbsp;6, 2004 and
  incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended March&nbsp;12, 2004, filed as an exhibit to the
  Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;001-11588) for the year ended December
  31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bodman LLP as to the legality of the securities being
  registered.*</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP*</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bodman LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)*</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).*</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">*Filed herewith</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
  Statement;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
  
      <TD colspan="2">Provided, however that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) shall not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
  Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P>
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
  each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
  initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
  in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
  of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing of Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Grosse Pointe Farms, State of Michigan
  on this 31<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day of May, 2005.
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Samuel D. Bush</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Samuel D. Bush</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
  signed below on May&nbsp;31, 2005, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below. By so
  signing, each of the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both, as the case
  may be, of the Registrant, does hereby appoint Samuel D. Bush and Catherine A. Bobinski, and each
  of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney to execute in his or her name, place and
  stead, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the
  Registrant, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement and post-effective amendments
  thereto (including prospectus supplements) and all instruments necessary or incidental in
  connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of
  said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
  each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
  be done in the premises as fully, and for all intents and purposes, as each of the undersigned
  might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
  attorneys and each of them.
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward D. Christian
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Catherine A. Bobinski</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward D. Christian
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Catherine A. Bobinski</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Corporate
  Controller and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Samuel D. Bush
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jonathan Firestone</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Samuel D. Bush
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Jonathan Firestone</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald Alt
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/Robert J. Maccini</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald Alt
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert J. Maccini</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian Brady
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary Stevens</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brian Brady
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Gary Stevens</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Clarke R. Brown, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px">
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" >&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Clarke R. Brown, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December
  12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s registration statement
  on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-11588) filed on January&nbsp;6, 2004 and
  incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended March&nbsp;12, 2004, filed as an exhibit to the
  Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;001-11588) for the year ended December
  31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2005
  Registration No.
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Saga Communications, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  38-3042953
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification Number)
  Saga Communications, Inc.
  73 Kercheval Avenue
  Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236
  (313) 886-7070
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
  Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Fred B. Green, Esq.
  Bodman LLP
  34
  th
  Floor, 100 Renaissance Center
  Detroit, Michigan 48243
  (313) 259-7777
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  Share (2)
  Price (2)
  Registration Fee
  Class A Common Stock
  1,500,000 shs.
  $
  13.92
  $
  20,880,000
  $
  2,458
  Class B Common Stock
  500,000 shs.
  13.92
  6,960,000
  819
  Class A Common Stock
  500,000 shs.
  -0-
  -0-
  -0-
  issuable upon conversion
  of Class B Common Stock (1)
  TOTAL
  $
  3,277
  (1)
  The Class B Common Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into an equal number of
  shares of Class A Common Stock.
  (2)
  This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the Registration
  Fee pursuant to the Rules 457(h) and 457(i) based on the average of the high and low prices for the
  Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange on May 24, 2005.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
  Part II  — Information Required in Registration Statement
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of Bodman LLP
  Ex-23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  Table of Contents
  Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
  This Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") relates to the issuance of shares of
  Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
  the Class B Common Stock (collectively, the "Common Stock"), of Saga Communications, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to persons who participate in the Saga Communications, Inc.
  2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form S-8 (Plan information,
  Company information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to participants as
  specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
  prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents, and the documents
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of this Form S-8 (Part
  II hereof) taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  Part II  — Information Required in Registration Statement
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "Commission") are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
  (a)
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
  (b)
  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2005.
  (c)
  The Company's 2005 definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 15, 2005.
  (d)
  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2005.
  (e)
  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
  (f)
  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 13, 2005.
  (g)
  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
  Registration Statements on Form 8-A, No. 001-11588, filed on December 4, 1992 and
  January 6, 2004, filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this
  Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
  all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
  hereof from the date of filing of each such document.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  None.
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  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification to the full
  extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Code"), as
  amended from time to time. Such section makes mandatory the indemnification by the Company of
  directors, officers, employees or agents from and against any and all expenses and liabilities that
  may be imposed upon or incurred by him in connection with, or as a result of, any proceeding in
  which he may become involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that he is or was such
  a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary or parent of the Company,
  whether or not he continues to be such at the time such expenses and liabilities have been imposed
  or incurred. Section 145 of the Delaware Code also provides that such indemnification is not
  exclusive of any other indemnification rights granted by the Company to directors, officers,
  employees or agents.
  The By-Laws of the Company mandate that each person who at any time is, or shall have been, a
  director or officer of the Company, and is threatened to be or is made a party to any threatened,
  pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
  investigative by reason of the fact that he is, or was, a director, officer, employee or agent of
  the Company, or is or has served at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or
  agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
  indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or
  proceeding to the full extent permitted under subsections (a) through (e) of Section 145 of the
  Delaware Code, as from time to time amended. The By-Laws further provide that the foregoing right
  of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which
  such director, officer, employee or agent may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of
  stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall continue as to a person who has
  ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
  executors and administrators of such a person.
  The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company also contains a provision eliminating the
  liability of a director to the Company or its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a
  director, other than liability (a) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or
  its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware Code or (d) for any
  transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following documents are attached hereto or incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to this
  Registration Statement:
  Exhibit Number
  Description of Document
  4.1
  Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December
  12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement
  on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 6, 2004 and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  4.2
  Bylaws, as amended March 12, 2004, filed as an exhibit to the
  Company's Form 10-K (File No. 001-11588) for the year ended December
  31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1
  Opinion of Bodman LLP as to the legality of the securities being
  registered.*
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
  23.2
  Consent of Bodman LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).*
  *Filed herewith
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  Item 9. Undertakings.
  A.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii)
  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
  Statement;
  (iii)
  To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  Provided, however that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) shall not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
  Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  B.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
  initial bona fide offering thereof.
  C.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
  permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
  in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
  in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
  of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
  filing of Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Grosse Pointe Farms, State of Michigan
  on this 31
  st
  day of May, 2005.
  SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Samuel D. Bush
  Samuel D. Bush
  Senior Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
  signed below on May 31, 2005, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below. By so
  signing, each of the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both, as the case
  may be, of the Registrant, does hereby appoint Samuel D. Bush and Catherine A. Bobinski, and each
  of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney to execute in his or her name, place and
  stead, in his or her capacity as a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the
  Registrant, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement and post-effective amendments
  thereto (including prospectus supplements) and all instruments necessary or incidental in
  connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of
  said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of
  each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
  be done in the premises as fully, and for all intents and purposes, as each of the undersigned
  might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
  attorneys and each of them.
  /s/ Edward D. Christian
  /s/ Catherine A. Bobinski
  Edward D. Christian
  Catherine A. Bobinski
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
  Vice President, Corporate
  Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  /s/ Samuel D. Bush
  /s/ Jonathan Firestone
  Samuel D. Bush
  Jonathan Firestone
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  Director
  /s/ Donald Alt
  /s/Robert J. Maccini
  Donald Alt
  Robert J. Maccini
  Director
  Director
  /s/ Brian Brady
  /s/ Gary Stevens
  Brian Brady
  Gary Stevens
  Director
  Director
  /s/ Clarke R. Brown, Jr.
  Clarke R. Brown, Jr.
  Director
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit Number
  Description of Document
  4.1
  Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December
  12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement
  on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 6, 2004 and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  4.2
  Bylaws, as amended March 12, 2004, filed as an exhibit to the
  Company's Form 10-K (File No. 001-11588) for the year ended December
  31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1
  Opinion of Bodman LLP as to the legality of the securities being
  registered.*
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
  23.2
  Consent of Bodman LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).*
  *Filed herewith
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