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Exhibit 31.1
 Section 302 Certification
Annual Report on Form 10-K
  1.
    
    I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Fisher Communications, Inc.;2.
    
    Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;3.
    
    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this annual
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 annual report;4.
    
    The registrant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)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and we 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 registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared;b)
    
    designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting
to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting
principles;c)
    
    evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this annual
report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this annual report based
on such evaluation; andd)
    
    disclosed in this annual 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 reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and
 5.
    
    The registrants other certifying officer 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 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 registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial
information; andb)
    
    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.
  /s/ COLLEEN B. BROWNColleen B. BrownPresident andChief Executive Officer