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<CONFORMED-NAME>SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC
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<STREET1>73 KERCHEVAL AVE
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">OMB Number: 325-0080</DIV></TD>
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<TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Expires: February&nbsp;28, 2009</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 25</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR<BR>
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Commission File Number </B><U><B>001-11588</B></U></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Saga Communications, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">New York Stock Exchange</DIV>


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(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">73 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236</DIV>

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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer&#146;s principal
executive offices)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV>

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(Description of class of securities)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of
securities from
listing and registration:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.<sup>1</sup>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, <U>Saga Communications, Inc.
</U>(Name of Issuer or Exchange) certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing the Form&nbsp;25 and has caused this notification to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">February&nbsp;17, 2009
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By /s/ Marcia K. Lobaito
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