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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS FOR FORM 10-Q

I, Everett R. Dobson, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Dobson
Communications Corporation (the registrant);
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|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;
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|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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this quarterly report;
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|4. |  | The registrants other certifying officers 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
registrant 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 registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is
being prepared;
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| |  |  | (b) |  | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant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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| |  |  | (c) |  | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect,
the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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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 registrant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 registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Dobson Communications CorporationNovember 14, 2003By:
    
    /S/ EVERETT R. DOBSONEverett R. Dobson
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director