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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: November 12, 2003

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