WEGENER RECEIVES ADD-ON ORDER FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL

DULUTH, Ga., August 6, 1997 -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), announced it has received an order for an additional 500 Weatherstar Jrs from The Weather Channel. This order is a continuation of a 1993 manufacturing agreement between the two companies and brings the total quantity ordered under the agreement to 3000 units. Deliveries of this order is expected to be completed by September 1997.

The Weatherstar Jr is based on Wegener's Series 2450 Graphics Display Unit coupled with custom software developed by Wegener for the exclusive use by The Weather Channel. The Weatherstar Jr is used by The Weather Channel affiliates to receive text-based local weather forecasts.

"The Weather Channel has been a customer of Wegener's since 1986," said Bob Placek, President and CEO, Wegener Corporation. "The Weatherstar Jr is a successful product because it was developed in a close teamwork environment. The Series 2450 Graphics Display Unit is an addressable hardware platform which allows the transmission and storage of text and graphics throughout a dispersed network."

The Weather Channel is a leading source of weather expertise with a staff of more than 80 meteorologists, 24-hour tracking, state-of-the-art systems for speed and accuracy and an in-depth analysis of weather conditions, reaching over 68 million homes. The Weather Channel also owns and operates all-weather networks in Europe and Latin America, bringing its total viewership to over 85 million households worldwide. In addition, The Weather Channel offers weather information in a large variety of ways including the internet (www.weather.com), through The Weather Channel Radio Network, on newspaper weather pages and with its interactive telephone service, 1-900-WEATHER. The Weather Channel is owned by Landmark Communications, a Norfolk, VA-based media company.

Wegener Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Wegener Corporation, based in Duluth, Georgia. The Company is a market leader in analog and digital compression technology, designs and manufactures communications transmission and receiving equipment for the business broadcast, data communications, cable and broadcast radio and television industries for worldwide markets.

For further information:

Keith N. Smith
Vice President, Business Development
Wegener Communications
770-814-4000
Email: info@wegener.com
World Wide Web: www.wegener.com

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