WEGENER ADDS KEY MANAGEMENT MEMBERS
A New Sales and Marketing Focus

Duluth, Ga. – August 18, 2003 -- WEGENER Corporation (NASDAQ: WGNR), has announced it has made key management additions and changes to the company’s sales, marketing, and engineering departments.

“We saw the need to both enhance our ability to market the new digital products we have developed, and add knowledge to our strategic planning to make sure we have the right products in the future,” states WEGENER President and CEO Robert A. Placek. “We have found the right people.”

WEGENER has appointed Jay Batista to the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate Development. Batista comes to WEGENER from Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division where he led a Sales and Marketing team of four Sales Directors and over sixty sales people to consistent increases in sales volume. In his new position Batista is responsible for creating and implementing a new corporate sales strategy.

Placek adds, "Jay’s goal at WEGENER is to create a more sales-driven company that can deliver significant year-to-year revenue growth, taking advantage of WEGENER’s new digital products. He has both the perfect background and the drive to get that done.”

Batista holds a BA from Miami University of Ohio, and an MA in Broadcast Management from Ohio University. He has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences on the subject of digital television.
Kamy Merithew joins WEGENER as Vice President, Marketing. Merithew comes from Motorola/General Instrument where she served as Product Line Manager for professional satellite video receivers used in the broadcast and cable industries. Merithew will use her product development and marketing strategy experience to both help WEGENER develop the right new digital products and market the benefits of those products to WEGENER customers.

“Kamy ‘s background at Motorola infuses our strategic planning with a deep knowledge of the products that have been the most successful and the most needed in the cable television industry,” says WEGENER Executive Vice President Ned Mountain. “She can effectively communicate this vision both internally and to our prospective customers.”

Merithew holds a BS, General Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego.

Jeff Simyon has been named Vice President, Control Systems Engineering. Simyon has managed WEGENER’s Compel Network Control Group, and his work is credited with giving the company the leadership position in satellite network control that it enjoys.

Ned Mountain states, “Jeff has excelled as a manager, a software architect and a developer. He is a remarkable innovator. His work has been critical to the company in achieving such key customers as FOX, Muzak, NBC, Roberts and Autotote.”

Simyon holds a BSEE from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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, and satellite paging. 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 such as the revolutionary iPUMP and MediaPlan. 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 2003 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.