WEGENER RECEIVES $2.5 MILLION ORDER AS ROBERTS NETWORK EXPANDS

(January 21, 2003) — DULUTH, Georgia — WEGENER Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of digital satellite transmission equipment to broadcast television and cable networks worldwide, announced today that it received an order from Las Vegas, Nevada based Roberts Communications Network for $2.5 Million. The order was received in WEGENER's first fiscal quarter of 2003. A small portion was shipped in the first quarter and the balance will ship during the remainder of this fiscal year. Roberts is expanding its network that delivers pari-mutuel racing simulcasts to legalized wagering locations across North America.

"WEGENER continues to provide the right solution for our industry - a cost effective professional IRD (integrated receiver decoder) matched with COMPEL Network control", stated Todd Roberts, President and CEO of Roberts Communications Network. Roberts added, "These products allow us to dynamically control our growing network - now the largest network of encoding systems and IRDs at legalized pari-mutuel wagering locations in North America."

The Roberts Communications Network is expanding with 1500 new UNITY500 IRDs and 15 new redundant digital video encoding systems, including WEGENER's Envoy digital video encoder / modulator.

"Roberts is a well run and respected private network", says WEGENER Chairman & CEO Robert Placek. "We are delighted that they have again turned to WEGENER for this expansion of their network. This order further supports WEGENER as the largest provider of satellite video delivery systems to the horse racing and gaming industry worldwide."

WEGENER provides video distribution solutions for all major pari-mutuel racing video providers in the U.S., as well as those in Sweden and the Caribbean.

ABOUT ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

Roberts operates the pari-mutuel industry's largest satellite distribution network, delivering horse and greyhound racing simulcasts to racetracks, off-track betting outlets, and casino race books throughout North America on a year round basis. Each subscriber orders a unique schedule of simulcasts from specific racetracks. The programming is secured with COMPEL Conditional Access (CA), allowing only authorized subscribers access to the video and audio.

ABOUT WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS

Wegener Communications is an international provider of digital solutions for IP data, video and audio networks. Applications include IP data delivery, broadcast television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance education, business music, satellite paging and financial information distribution. COMPEL, Wegener's patented network control system, provides networks with unparalleled ability to regionalize programming and commercials. COMPEL network control capability is integrated into Wegener digital satellite receivers. Wegener Communications can be reached at +1.770.814.4000 or on the World Wide Web at www.wegener.com.

This news release contains statements, which may be forward-looking within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements may include projections regarding future sales results, expected contributions to margins and earnings and market opportunities, and are based upon the Company's current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: customer acceptance and effectiveness of recently introduced UNITY digital video products, development of additional business for the Wegener digital and analog video and audio transmission product lines, effectiveness of the revitalized international sales organization, the successful development and introduction of new products in the future, delays in the conversion by private and broadcast networks to digital broadcast equipment, acceptance by various networks of standards for digital broadcasting, general market conditions which may not improve during fiscal year 2002 and beyond, and success of Wegener's research and development efforts aimed at developing new products. Discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties are provided in detail in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC, including the Form 10-K. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected or inferred results. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. Wegener Corporation does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.