WEGENER INTRODUCES HIGH-DEFINITION SOLUTIONS FOR TELECOM COMPANIES AT TELCO TV 2004

(November 17, 2004) - DULUTH, Georgia – WEGENER® Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of television, audio and data distribution network solutions worldwide, is demonstrating its innovative products to telecommunications service providers interested in television distribution at the TelcoTV 2004 Conference. WEGENER will show its recently introduced consumer SMD 515 Streaming Media Settop, targeted advertising technology, as well as its professional DTV Off-Air Processors.

WEGENER will demonstrate live decoding of high definition Windows Media 9 (WM9) and MPEG-2 streams through the SMD 515. The SMD 515 offers viewers an entirely high-definition experience due to its cutting-edge on-screen program guide that automatically displays in widescreen format when connected to a suitable television, plasma or LCD monitor.

“Our SMD 515 uses WM9 advanced video coding, which makes it more than two times as bandwidth efficient as standard MPEG-2 devices,” stated Ned Mountain, Executive Vice President of WEGENER. “This is a tremendous benefit to telecom companies, as it allows them to offer high-definition television services over their existing bandwidth-limited infrastructures.”

At video central offices, telecom providers can use WEGENER’s DTV Off-Air 8VSB Receivers to receive high definition channels from local broadcasters and seamlessly insert the programming into their video distribution systems. WEGENER’s second generation of DTV products was released to customers earlier this year.

The 3rd annual TelcoTV Conference & Expo is being held in Orlando, Florida on November 17 and November 18, 2004. WEGENER’s product demonstrations will take place at booth #619.

ABOUT WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS
WEGENER is an international provider of digital solutions for video, audio and IP data networks. Applications include IP data delivery, broadcast television, cable television, radio networks, business television, distance education, business music 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 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 include projections regarding future sales results, expected contributions to revenues and earnings from our established products and our new line of products just reaching the marketplace 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 products, development of additional business for the WEGENER digital and analog video and audio transmission product lines, effectiveness of the revitalized 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 of various networks of standards for digital broadcasting, general market conditions which may not improve during fiscal year 2004 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.