**Exhibit      31.1**

**CERTIFICATION      OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**PURSUANT      TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of YouthStream                Media                Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended June 30,                2006; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this 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                report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                the                financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the                Company                as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | The                Company’s 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 Company and we                have: |
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|  | (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 Company, including                its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within                those                entities, particularly during the period in which this report is                being                prepared; |
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|  | (b) | Omitted; |
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|  | (c) | Evaluated                the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls 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 |
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|  | (d) | Disclosed                in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over                financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal                quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to                materially affect, the Company’s internal control over                financial reporting; and |
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| 5. | The                  Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most                  recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,                  to the                  Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of                  directors (or persons performing the equivalent                  functions): |
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|  | (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 Company’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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|  | (b) | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal                controls over financial                reporting. |
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| Date:                September 13, 2006 | By:    |  /s/                JOHN SCHEEL   |
|                                    |   | John                Scheel             |
|                                    |   | Chief                Executive Officer |