WEGENER Shows A Complete System For Content Creation, Management, and Distribution

A unique one vendor solution for broadcasters

NAB, Las Vegas -- April 9, 2003 --– WEGENER Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR) today showed a networked combination of its products that combines to become a complete system for content management and distribution.

WEGENER CEO & Chairman Robert Placek stated "We have the finest network control system in COMPEL. This coupled with ingest and headend storage provides a complete end-to-end system. The store and forward network solution allows our customers to reduce transponder usage and provides a path for multiple video and IP services."

The Complete System is a suite of WEGENER products: COMPEL, MediaPlan i/o and UNITY IRDs.
COMPEL is the core server and network control system. COMPEL CA adds encryption and conditional access. COMPEL Web provides for secure operation of the COMPEL system from a remote web browser. COMPEL MediaPlan integrates content and asset management. MediaPlan i/o enables broadcasters to encode, edit and add metadata to media content.

In the field users choose the appropriate WEGENER UNITY IRD, including the iPump Media Server, an integrated receiver and video server.

Ned Mountain, WEGENER Executive Vice President adds, "This technology has applications for television and radio broadcasters, cable and private networks."

The complete system is being demonstrated live at WEGENER's NAB booth, SU5280. WEGENER is also offering broadcasters private demonstrations of the system at its Duluth, GA headquarters.

ABOUT WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS
WEGENER 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 through total receiver control. COMPEL network control capability is integrated into WEGENER digital satellite receivers. WEGENER can be reached at +1.770.814.4000 or on the World Wide Web at www.wegener.com.

COMPEL, MEDIAPLAN, ENVOY, UNITY, and iPUMP are trademarks of WEGENER Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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.