SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20459
                                    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             (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)

             73 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Point Farms, Michigan 48236
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          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of plan)

                                Christine M. Marx
                                Edwards & Angell
                           150 John F. Kennedy Parkway
                          Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (973) 376-7700
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          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
                                                               Proposed
                                                               Maximum
                                          Proposed maximum     Aggregate    Amount of
Title of Securities      Amount to be      Offering Price      Offering   Registration
 to be Registered         Registered        Per Unit (1)       Price (1)      Fee
                              
<S>                      <C>                 <C>             <C>            <C>
Class A Common Stock     682,031 shares      $23.125         $15,771,966     $4,652.73
Class B Common Stock(2)  150,000 shares       23.125           3,468,750      1,023.28
Class A Common Stock     150,000 shares        -0-               -0-            -0-
issuable upon
conversion of Class B
Common Stock (2)
         Total                                                               $5,676.01
</TABLE>

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(1)  This  calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining  the amount
     of the  Registration  Fee and is based upon a price of  $23.125  per share,
     which was the closing price of the Company's  Class A Common Stock reported
     on May 1, 1998.

(2)  The Class B Common Stock is convertible,  at the option of the holder, into
     an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock.


<PAGE>
Part I, Items 1-2; Part II, Items 3-7 and 9. This Registration Statement relates
to 682,031 additional shares of Saga Communications,  Inc. (the "Company") Class
A Common Stock,  150,000 additional shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock
and 150,000  additional  shares of the Company's  Class A Common Stock  issuable
upon  conversion  of the  additional  Class B Common  Stock  that may be  issued
pursuant to the Saga Communications, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") in
accordance  with the  amendment  to the Plan adopted by the  Company's  Board of
Directors on October 13, 1997, and by the Company's stockholders on December 16,
1997.  The contents of the  Company's  Registration  Statements  on Form S-8/S-3
(Registration  Nos.  33-59424  and  33-79366)  relating  to the Plan are  hereby
incorporated by reference herein.

Part II, Item 8.           Exhibits.
         5                 Opinion of Edwards & Angell
         23(a)             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
         23(b)             Consent of  Edwards & Angell (included in Exhibit 5)


<PAGE>
                            SIGNATURES AND AMENDMENTS

     Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints
the President,  the Chief Financial  Officer or the Secretary of the Registrant,
or any one of them, acting alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact,  with
full power and  authority  to execute in the name,  place and stead of each such
person in any and all  capacities and to file, an amendment or amendments to the
Registration  Statement  (and all exhibits  thereto) and any documents  relating
thereto,  which amendment may make such changes in the Registration Statement as
said officer or officers so acting deem(s) advisable.

                                   SIGNATURES

     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  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 May 5,
1998.

                                         SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.



                                         By/s/    Edward K. Christian
                                           -----------------------------------
                                                  Edward K. Christian
                                                  President

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated on May 5, 1998.

Signatures                               Title

/s/Edward K. Christian                   President, Chief Executive
------------------------------           Officer and Chairman of the Board
   Edward K. Christian                  


/s/Samuel D. Bush                        Vice President, Chief Financial
------------------------------           Officer
   Samuel D. Bush                       


/s/Catherine Bobinski                    Corporate Controller and Chief
------------------------------           Accounting Officer
   Catherine Bobinski                   


/s/Kristin Allen                         Director
------------------------------
   Kristin Allen


/s/Donald Alt                            Director
------------------------------
   Donald Alt


/s/Jonathan Firestone                    Director
------------------------------
   Jonathan Firestone


/s/Joseph P. Misiewicz                   Director
------------------------------
   Joseph P. Misiewicz


/s/Gary Stevens                          Director
------------------------------
   Gary Stevens
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20459
                                    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             (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)

             73 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Point Farms, Michigan 48236
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of plan)

                                Christine M. Marx
                                Edwards & Angell
                           150 John F. Kennedy Parkway
                          Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (973) 376-7700
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed
                                                               Maximum
                                          Proposed maximum     Aggregate    Amount of
Title of Securities      Amount to be      Offering Price      Offering   Registration
 to be Registered         Registered        Per Unit (1)       Price (1)      Fee
Class A Common Stock     682,031 shares      $23.125         $15,771,966     $4,652.73
Class B Common Stock(2)  150,000 shares       23.125           3,468,750      1,023.28
Class A Common Stock     150,000 shares        -0-               -0-            -0-
issuable upon
conversion of Class B
Common Stock (2)
         Total                                                               $5,676.01
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(1)  This  calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining  the amount
     of the  Registration  Fee and is based upon a price of  $23.125  per share,
     which was the closing price of the Company's  Class A Common Stock reported
     on May 1, 1998.

(2)  The Class B Common Stock is convertible,  at the option of the holder, into
     an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock.
Part I, Items 1-2; Part II, Items 3-7 and 9. This Registration Statement relates
to 682,031 additional shares of Saga Communications,  Inc. (the "Company") Class
A Common Stock,  150,000 additional shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock
and 150,000  additional  shares of the Company's  Class A Common Stock  issuable
upon  conversion  of the  additional  Class B Common  Stock  that may be  issued
pursuant to the Saga Communications, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") in
accordance  with the  amendment  to the Plan adopted by the  Company's  Board of
Directors on October 13, 1997, and by the Company's stockholders on December 16,
1997.  The contents of the  Company's  Registration  Statements  on Form S-8/S-3
(Registration  Nos.  33-59424  and  33-79366)  relating  to the Plan are  hereby
incorporated by reference herein.

Part II, Item 8.           Exhibits.
         5                 Opinion of Edwards & Angell
         23(a)             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
         23(b)             Consent of  Edwards & Angell (included in Exhibit 5)
SIGNATURES AND AMENDMENTS

     Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints
the President,  the Chief Financial  Officer or the Secretary of the Registrant,
or any one of them, acting alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact,  with
full power and  authority  to execute in the name,  place and stead of each such
person in any and all  capacities and to file, an amendment or amendments to the
Registration  Statement  (and all exhibits  thereto) and any documents  relating
thereto,  which amendment may make such changes in the Registration Statement as
said officer or officers so acting deem(s) advisable.

                                   SIGNATURES

     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  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 May 5,
1998.

                                         SAGA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                         By/s/    Edward K. Christian
                                           -----------------------------------
                                                  Edward K. Christian
                                                  President

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated on May 5, 1998.

Signatures                               Title

/s/Edward K. Christian                   President, Chief Executive
------------------------------           Officer and Chairman of the Board
   Edward K. Christian                  

/s/Samuel D. Bush                        Vice President, Chief Financial
------------------------------           Officer
   Samuel D. Bush                       

/s/Catherine Bobinski                    Corporate Controller and Chief
------------------------------           Accounting Officer
   Catherine Bobinski                   

/s/Kristin Allen                         Director
------------------------------
   Kristin Allen

/s/Donald Alt                            Director
------------------------------
   Donald Alt

/s/Jonathan Firestone                    Director
------------------------------
   Jonathan Firestone

/s/Joseph P. Misiewicz                   Director
------------------------------
   Joseph P. Misiewicz

/s/Gary Stevens                          Director
------------------------------
   Gary Stevens