Exhibit 31.1**CERTIFICATIONS FOR FORM 10-Q**I, Steven P. Dussek, Chief Executive Officer, Director and principal executive officer, certifythat: 1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of DobsonCommunications Corporation, referred to as the registrant;  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not containany untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light ofthe circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;  3. Based on my knowledge, the consolidated financial statements,and other financial information included in this quarterlyreport, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisquarterly report;  4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for theregistrant and we have: (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and proceduresto be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period inwhich this quarterly report is being prepared;  (b) designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;  (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report basedon such evaluation; and  (d) disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions): (a) all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and  (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.August 9, 2007     /s/ Steven P. Dussek     Steven P. Dussek  *Chief Executive Officer and Director*  *(principal executive officer)*