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Saga Communications Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 8/7/20, at 6:34pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1558370-20-9957   ·   File #:  1-11588

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/07/20  Saga Communications Inc.          10-Q        6/30/20   60:4.9M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    746K 
 2: EX-10.(V)   Material Contract                                   HTML     80K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     74K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    100K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     73K 
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     64K 
                Equity                                                           
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     55K 
17: R6          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     88K 
18: R7          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     22K 
19: R8          Revenue                                             HTML     53K 
20: R9          Broadcast License, Goodwill and Other Intangible    HTML     40K 
                Assets                                                           
21: R10         Common Stock and Treasury Stock                     HTML     35K 
22: R11         Leases                                              HTML     36K 
23: R12         Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     51K 
24: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     21K 
25: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     38K 
26: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     36K 
27: R16         Litigation                                          HTML     20K 
28: R17         Dividends                                           HTML     22K 
29: R18         Other Income                                        HTML     21K 
30: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    103K 
                (Policies)                                                       
31: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     79K 
                (Tables)                                                         
32: R21         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     48K 
33: R22         Broadcast License, Goodwill and Other Intangible    HTML     31K 
                Assets (Tables)                                                  
34: R23         Common Stock and Treasury Stock (Tables)            HTML     37K 
35: R24         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     34K 
36: R25         Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)              HTML     47K 
37: R26         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     34K 
38: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     33K 
39: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Basic  HTML     49K 
                and diluted earnings per share (Details)                         
40: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     52K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
41: R30         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     27K 
42: R31         Broadcast License, Goodwill and Other Intangible    HTML     38K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
43: R32         Broadcast License, Goodwill and Other Intangible    HTML     28K 
                Assets (Schedule of certain key estimates and                    
                assumptions used in impairment test) (Details)                   
44: R33         Common Stock and Treasury Stock - Information       HTML     34K 
                Relating to the Number of Shares of Our Common                   
                Stock Issued (Details)                                           
45: R34         Common Stock and Treasury Stock - Additional        HTML     30K 
                Information (Details)                                            
46: R35         Leases- Minimum Annual Rental Commitments           HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R36         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     33K 
48: R37         Acquisitions and Dispositions - Recognized          HTML     44K 
                Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed               
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Acquisitions and Dispositions - Additional          HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
50: R39         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     25K 
51: R40         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock         HTML     35K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
52: R41         Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Long-Term Debt - Long-Term Debt Consisted           HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML     59K 
55: R44         Dividends (Details)                                 HTML     41K 
56: R45         Other Income (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     29K 
58: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    104K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- sga-20200630x10q_htm                XML   1.19M 
57: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     65K 
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 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- sga-20200630_lab                      XML    661K 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- sga-20200630_pre               XML    567K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- sga-20200630                          XSD    103K 
59: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              213±   323K 
60: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-20-009957-xbrl      Zip    174K 


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