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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-058735
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181109
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20181109

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
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-228307
		FILM NUMBER:		181173104

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2018</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Registration No. 333-
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>Saga Communications,
Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>38-3042953</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Saga Communications, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>73 Kercheval Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(313) 886-7070</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of registrant&rsquo;s principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Second Amended and Restated</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan, as amended</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Samuel D. Bush</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Saga Communications, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>73 Kercheval Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(313) 886-7070</B></P>

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telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>copies to</I>:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">David C. Stone, Esq.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Bodman PLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">201 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 500</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Troy, Michigan 48084</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(248) 743-6000</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">Large
accelerated filer </FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT>&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">Smaller reporting company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: #231F20">Emerging
growth company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
Act.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount to be Registered (2)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed Maximum &nbsp;Offering Price Per Share (3)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (3)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount of Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Class B Common Stock</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">90,000 shs.</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">36.88</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">3,319,200</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">402.29</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify">Class A Common Stock <BR>
issuable upon conversion <BR>
of Class B Common Stock (1) </TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">90,000 shs.</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">0.00</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">0.00</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: top">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">0.00</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">TOTAL</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">402.29</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Class B Common Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement shall
also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s Class A and Class B Common Stock in respect of the securities identified
in the above table as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the Registration Fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
based on the average of the high and low prices for the Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ on November 5, 2018, which was $36.88
per share.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>EXPLANATORY
NOTE</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Registration Statement on Form S-8
is filed by Saga Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) relating
to (i) 90,000 shares of its Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the &ldquo;Class B Common Stock&rdquo;), and (ii) 90,000
shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 90,000 shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible, issuable to Mr. Edward Christian,
the Corporation&rsquo;s President and Chief Executive Officer, under the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc.
2005 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, which stock is in addition to the (a) 120,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and
113,334 shares of Class B Common Stock (and the 113,334 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 113,334 shares of Class B
Common Stock are convertible) registered on the Corporation&rsquo;s Form S-8 filed on November 11, 2013 (Commission File No. 333-192101)
(the &ldquo;2013 Registration Statement&rdquo;), and (b) 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and 166,666 shares of Class B Common
Stock (and the 166,666 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 166,666 shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible) registered
on the Corporation&rsquo;s Form S-8 filed on May 31, 2005 (Commission File No. 333-125361) (the &ldquo;2005 Registration Statement&rdquo;,
and together with the 2013 Registration Statement, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;). The numbers with respect to
the Prior Registration Statements have been adjusted for the January 28, 2009 1-for-4 reverse stock split and the January 14, 2013,
4-for-3 stock split of the Corporation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Registration Statement relates to
securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General
Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to an Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents
of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except
as amended hereby.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Part II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following documents are attached hereto
or incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Description of Document</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095012404000015/k81839exv3wxay.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 77%; text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095012404000015/k81839exv3wxay.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December 12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s registration
statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 6, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013509000538/b73817scexv3xayx2y.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013509000538/b73817scexv3xayx2y.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s Form 8-K (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 29, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013508001785/b68146scexv3wxby.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013508001785/b68146scexv3wxby.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Bylaws, as amended, May 23, 2007, filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s Form 10-K (File No. 001-11588) for the year ended December 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Bodman PLC as to the legality of the securities being registered.*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of UHY LLP*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Bodman PLC (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="#poa" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="#poa" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420413051084/v355053_def14a.htm#tASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420413051084/v355053_def14a.htm#tASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Appendix A to the Corporation&rsquo;s Consent Solicitation Statement (File No. 001-11588) filed on September 17, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420418020769/tv489906-def14a.htm#tAPPA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420418020769/tv489906-def14a.htm#tAPPA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Appendix A to the Corporation&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement (File No. 001-11588) filed on April 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="poa"></A><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 9<SUP>th</SUP> day of November, 2018.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Samuel D. Bush</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Samuel D. Bush</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on November 9, 2018, 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, Marcia Lobaito and Catherine A. Bobinski, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent 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 all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Each of said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; padding: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Edward K. Christian</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; padding: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Roy F. Coppedge </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Edward
    K. Christian</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">Roy F. Coppedge</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President,
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Samuel D. Bush</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Timothy J. Clarke</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Samuel
    D. Bush</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Timothy
    J. Clarke</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Catherine A. Bobinski</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Gary Stevens</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Catherine
    A. Bobinski</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Gary
    Stevens</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior
    Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Clarke R. Brown, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    G. Dean Pearce</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Clarke
    R. Brown, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">G.
    Dean Pearce</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Warren S. Lada</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Warren S.
    Lada</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>Description of Document</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095012404000015/k81839exv3wxay.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 77%; text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095012404000015/k81839exv3wxay.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restated as of December 12, 2003, filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s registration
statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 6, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013509000538/b73817scexv3xayx2y.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013509000538/b73817scexv3xayx2y.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Certificate of Amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s Form 8-K (File No. 001-11588) filed on January 29, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013508001785/b68146scexv3wxby.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000095013508001785/b68146scexv3wxby.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Bylaws, as amended, May 23, 2007, filed as an exhibit to the Corporation&rsquo;s Form 10-K (File No. 001-11588) for the year ended December 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Opinion of Bodman PLC as to the legality of the securities being registered.*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Consent of UHY LLP*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="tv506641_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Consent of Bodman PLC (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="#poa" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="#poa" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).*</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420413051084/v355053_def14a.htm#tASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 6pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420413051084/v355053_def14a.htm#tASA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Appendix A to the Corporation&rsquo;s Consent Solicitation Statement (File No. 001-11588) filed on September 17, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420418020769/tv489906-def14a.htm#tAPPA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000114420418020769/tv489906-def14a.htm#tAPPA" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Appendix A to the Corporation&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement (File No. 001-11588) filed on April 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">BODMAN
        PLC</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">6TH
        FLOOR AT FORD FIELD</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">1901
        ST. ANTOINE STREET</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">DETROIT,
        MICHIGAN 48226</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">313-393-7579
        FAX</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #262626"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">313-259-7777</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">November 9, 2018</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Saga Communications, Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">73 Kercheval Avenue</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48236</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dear
Sir/Madam</FONT>:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We have examined the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;), of Saga Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on or about November 9, 2018 pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), in connection with the offering by the Company of up
to 90,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 (the &ldquo;Class B Common Stock&rdquo;) and 90,000
shares of the Company&rsquo;s Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class B Common Stock, available for issuance
under the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We have examined the Plan and the originals,
or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials
and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. We have also made
such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary or appropriate in connection with the opinion hereinafter set
forth. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural
persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Company and
any participants in the Plan that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Plan or the rights or obligations of
the participants thereunder. Finally, we have assumed the accuracy of all other information provided to us by the Company during
the course of our investigations, on which we have relied in issuing the opinion expressed below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Based upon the foregoing examination and
in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein and in reliance on the statements
of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Class B Common Stock (and the Class A
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class B Common Stock), when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth
in the Plan and against payment therefor, and when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness
of any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Plan of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly
or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity or any provision in the
Plan relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We consent to the filing of this opinion
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo;
in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that
we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations
of the Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This opinion is furnished to you solely
for your benefit to be used by you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and is not to be used, circulated,
quoted or otherwise relied upon by any other person or by you for any other purpose.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>BODMAN PLC</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&#9;Mark W. Peters</U>,
a member</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 23.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We consent to the incorporation by reference
in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Compensation Plan, as amended, of our reports dated March 13, 2018, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule
of Saga Communications, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Saga Communications, Inc. included
in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">/s/ UHY LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Farmington Hills, Michigan</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">November 9, 2018</P>

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