**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATIONS**

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

 

1.                                       I have reviewedthis 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          state amaterial 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 myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly 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.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)             designed such disclosure controlsand procedures 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 the filing date of this quarterly report (the “EvaluationDate”); and

 

c)             presented in this quarterly reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a)             all significant deficiencies in thedesign or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial dataand have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses ininternal controls; and

 

b)            any fraud, whether or not material,that involves 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: November 14, 2003 | /s/  PAUL  R. THOMSON |   |
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|                    | Paul R. Thomson                 |
|                    | Chief Financial Officer         |

 

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