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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950123-09-011725.txt : 20090605
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090605124901
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-011725
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090605
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090605
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090605

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886136
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832]
		IRS NUMBER:				383042953
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-85535
		FILM NUMBER:		09876261

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		73 KERCHEVAL AVE
		CITY:			GROSSE POINTE FARMS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48236
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3138867070

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		73 KERCHEVAL AVE
		CITY:			GROSSE POINTE FARMS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48236
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<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"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>38-3042953</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>73 Kercheval Avenue</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>48236</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Fred B. Green, Esq.<BR>
Bodman LLP<BR>
6</B><B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor at Ford Field<BR>
1901 St. Antoine Street<BR>
Detroit, Michigan 48226</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(313)&nbsp;392-1056</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saga Communications, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment (the
&#147;Post-Effective Amendment&#148;) in order to deregister shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock of the Company,
previously registered by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;19, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-85535) (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;). The Registration Statement registered 390,625 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock issuable to participants in the Saga Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#147;ESPP Shares&#148;), which has expired. Of these ESPP Shares, participants purchased 49,238 shares. The
number of shares herein reflects the stock splits occurring on December&nbsp;15, 1999 and June&nbsp;15, 2002
and the reverse stock split which occurred on January&nbsp;28, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Post-Effective Amendment hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister the
remaining unissued ESPP Shares under the Registration Statement. As a result of the deregistration,
no ESPP Shares remain registered for issuance pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on 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 June&nbsp;5, 2009.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Edward K. Christian
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Edward K. Christian&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward K. Christian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward K. Christian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the
Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Samuel D. Bush
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Samuel D. Bush
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Catherine A. Bobinski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Catherine A. Bobinski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President, Corporate
Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald J. Alt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald J. Alt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian W. Brady
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian W. Brady
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Clarke R. Brown
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Clarke R. Brown
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert J. Maccini
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Maccini
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David B. Stephens
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David B. Stephens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary Stevens
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary Stevens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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