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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

I, Carl E. Vogel, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Renaissance Media
      Group LLC, Renaissance Media (Louisiana) LLC, Renaissance Media
      (Tennessee) LLC and Renaissance Media Capital Corporation;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
      make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
      statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
      this quarterly report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
      information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      quarterly report;

4.    The registrants' other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants
      and have:

     (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
           disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
           supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
           registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
           to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
           in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

     (b)   [omitted]

     (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants' disclosure control
           and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
           effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
           end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
           and

     (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants' internal
           control over financial reporting that occurred during the
           registrants' most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
           or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants'
           internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrants' other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
      to the registrants' auditors and the audit committee of the registrants'
      board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
           operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
           reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants' ability to
           record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
           employees who have a significant role in the registrants' internal
           control over financial reporting.

Date: August 12, 2003

/s/  Carl E. Vogel
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Carl E. Vogel
Chief Executive Officer