PAX TV PLACES ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR WEGENER UNITY

October 12, 1998 - Duluth, GA: Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ - WGNR) announced today that during the company’s 4th quarter recently ended, Paxson Communications Corporation (AMEX - PAX) placed a follow-on order for Wegener UNITY4000 satellite digital video receivers for network distribution. Recent orders total over $1 million. These orders are the result of the high demand for PAX TV programming in the cable industry.

"The Wegener UNITY receiver accommodates the needs of both the PAX TV owned and operated stations as well as cable operators," said Dave Glenn, PAX TV Vice President of Engineering. "The UNITY digital broadcasting platform and COMPEL Network Control provides PAX TV with unparalleled satellite network management. No one else comes close to meeting our new network’s requirements."

Wegener’s patented addressable command and control system, COMPEL™, combined with the corresponding receiver feature-set in the UNITY4000, gives PAX TV control of the diverse broadcast and cable systems at the touch of a button.

Wegener Communications President, Keith N. Smith said, "This additional order shows the continued demand for the UNITY4000 receiver in the cable industry. We’re delighted to be part of the dramatic growth of the PAX TV network."

The PAX TV Network provides the owned and operated broadcast stations common centralized control and quality production facilities, minimizing duplication of resources. For cable operators, the PAX TV marketing plan offers per-subscriber compensation, commercial insertion ability, and value-based, family-oriented programming.

ABOUT WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS

Wegener Communications is an international provider of digital solutions for audio, video and broadcast data networks. Applications include broadcast television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance education, business music, satellite paging and financial information distribution. Wegener's patented network control systems provide networks with unparalleled ability to regionalize programming and commercials through total receiver control. This network control capability is integrated into Wegener digital satellite receivers.

ABOUT PAX TELEVISION

Including all pending transactions, Paxson will broadcast via a total of 95 television stations in markets that contain more than 76 million U.S. television households, including stations in all of the top-20 U.S. television markets as well as 44 of the nation's top-50 markets. Additional cable distribution will provide PAX TV with carriage in additional U.S. television markets, including a presence in all of the top-75 U.S. television markets.

Paxson Communications owns and operates the nation's seventh and newest broadcast network. With its unprecedented broadcast television and cable distribution system, Paxson launched PAX TV, the national family entertainment network on August 31st. The foundation of the network's prime-time schedule includes the off-network hit series Touched By An Angel, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Diagnosis Murder. Original programming includes Flipper: The New Adventures, Neon Rider, Louisa May Alcott's Little Men series, It's a Miracle, Woman's Day, Reel to Reel and Great Day America. Additionally, the line-up includes I'll Fly Away, Dave's World, Christy, The Father Dowling Mystery Series, Highway To Heaven, Love Boat, Eight Is Enough and Life Goes On as well as theatrical and made-for-television movies.

For additional information about Paxson Communications, visit the company's web site at www.pax.net.

For further information, please contact:

Sally Campbell
11350 Technology Circle
Duluth, GA 30097
Phone: 770-814-4000
Email: info@wegener.com
World Wide Web: www.wegener.com

COMPEL and UNITY are trademarks of Wegener Communications. All rights reserved.

Certain of the above statements constitute forward-looking statements, which may involve risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors could cause the Company’s actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements.