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                           June 2, 2023

       Samuel D. Bush
       Chief Financial Officer
       Saga Communications, Inc.
       73 Kercheval Avenue
       Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236

                                                        Re: Saga Communications 
Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the 
Year Ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Filed March 16, 
2023
                                                            8-K filed May 3, 
2023
                                                            File No. 001-11588

       Dear Samuel D. Bush:

              We have limited our review of your filing to the financial 
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we 
may ask you to
       provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If 
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in 
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your 
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 8-K filed May 3,2023

       Exhibit 99.1
       Saga Communications, Inc. Reports 1st Quarter 2023 Results, page 1

   1.                                                   In the first paragraph 
of your earnings release, you reported Free Cash Flow, a non-GAAP
                                                        liquidity measure, but 
omitted cash flows from operating activities, its most comparable
                                                        GAAP measure. Please 
revise in future filings. Refer to Question 102.10(a) of the C&DI
                                                        on Non-GAAP Financial 
Measures
       Selected Consolidated Financial Data
       For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, page 3

   2.                                                   Please reconcile the 
non-GAAP liquidity measure Free Cash Flow to Cash Flows
                                                        from Operating 
Activities, its most comparable GAAP measure, in lieu of Net
 Samuel D. Bush
Saga Communications, Inc.
June 2, 2023
Page 2
         Income. Additionally, clearly label Free Cash Flow and Station 
Operating Income (on
         page 5) as Non-GAAP Measures. Refer to Question 100.05 of the C&DI on 
Non-GAAP
         Financial Measures.
       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are 
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, 
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

        You may contact Kathryn Jacobson, Senior Staff Accountant at (202) 
551-3365 or Robert
Littlepage, Accountant Branch Chief at (202) 551-3361 with any questions.



FirstName LastNameSamuel D. Bush                           Sincerely,
Comapany NameSaga Communications, Inc.
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