**Exhibit 31.2**

 

**CERTIFICATIONS**

 

I,Paul R. Thomson, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

 

1.                                       Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Big City Radio, Inc.

 

2.                                       Based on myknowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to                           statea material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisquarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       The registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)              designed such disclosure controls andprocedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly reportis being prepared;

 

b)             evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within90 days                     prior to thefiling date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and

 

c)              presented in this quarterly report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and proceduresbased on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.                                       The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a)            all significant deficiencies in the designor operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and haveidentified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internalcontrols; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterlyreport whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or inother factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent tothe date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions withregard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 
| Date: August 14, 2003 | /s/  PAUL R. THOMSON |   |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|--------|
|                  | Paul R. Thomson                |   |
|                  | *Chief Financial Officer*      |   |

 

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