UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 10, 2005

SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (313) 886-7070

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
EX-10.(g) Summary of Chief Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan

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Table of Contents

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On March 10, 2005, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Saga Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the payment of additional cash bonuses for the Company’s executive officers other than the chief executive officer in the following amounts:

      On January 31, 2005, the Committee approved preliminary bonuses for these executive officers that were previously disclosed on a Form 8-K report filed on February 4, 2005. Final bonus amounts for the executive officers were determined in the Committee’s discretion, based on the Committee’s judgment of the Company’s results for the 2004 fiscal year, including operating profitability, growth in revenues and profits and overall financial condition, and the Committee’s evaluation of each individual executive officer’s contribution to these results.

     On March 10, 2005, the Committee also approved the payment of a cash bonus of $462,500 to Edward Christian, our President and CEO under the Chief Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). $337,500 of this amount was awarded based on the Company achieving net revenue, market revenue performance, and operating margin performance goals for fiscal year 2004 established pursuant to the Plan. An additional $125,000 was awarded by the Committee in its discretion despite the Company’s not achieving certain free cash flow and net revenue performance goals. The Committee determined that unanticipated expenses, such as Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs and higher external audit fees, contributed to the Company failing to meet the free cash flow and net revenue performance targets by 3.6% and 0.2%, respectively. The Committee concluded that because of the unanticipated expenses, which were not included in the 2004 budget on which the performance goals were based, as well as market conditions and a subjective evaluation of Mr. Christian’s performance, a portion of the potential bonus should be awarded under the Plan.

     Also on March 10, 2005, the Committee approved performance goals and established the potential bonus amounts for 2005 under the Plan, which if achieved would allow Mr. Christian to receive a bonus of up to $800,000. There is no formal written Plan document, and a summary of the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10(g) and incorporated herein by reference. The actual amount of Mr. Christian’s bonus to be paid will be determined in 2006 after the Company’s 2005 results are finalized.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits.

10(g)

Summary of Chief Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

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