WEGENER(R) Presents Digital Signage Workshop at Digital Signage Expo 2009

WEGENER(R) Presents Digital Signage Workshop at Digital Signage Expo 2009

Kamy Merithew to Speak at Workshop "After Hours' Uses for Digital Signage Networks"

DULUTH, Ga., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that Kamy Merithew, vice president of marketing for WEGENER, will be a featured speaker at a free workshop, entitled "After Hours' Uses for Digital Signage Networks," on Wednesday, February 25th from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. The workshop is taking place during Digital Signage Expo 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

This annual convention, now co-located with Interactive Technology Expo and the Out-of-Home Network Show, provides the largest concentration of exhibits and resources devoted to the creation, management, and presentation of digital signage networks. As a leading provider of comprehensive, networkable digital signage solutions, WEGENER will also exhibit and demonstrate its products at booth #2156 in the convention center.

In recent years, digital signage networks have been growing in popularity as a cost-effective means of building and reinforcing brand and corporate identities, as well as informing and entertaining customers in retail, hospitality, transportation, and other public venues. During the workshop, Merithew will focus on "after hours" uses for digital signage-specifically how retailers can use their digital signage networks to better communicate with their employees before and after store operating hours.

"Digital signage networks give corporations a dynamic, paperless means of communicating with employees who are dispersed across their retail sites," said Merithew. "It also offers point-to-multipoint distribution of information about sales training, theft prevention, security drills, employee benefits, and other timely corporate communications. This workshop will focus on techniques to maximize the scheduling of time-specific and repetitive content to serve multiple audiences."

The workshop will also cover how conditional access can be used to reconfigure video and audio outputs, effective uses for background music channels, and how to support remote access and multiple users for regional or departmental services. WEGENER's digital signage solution is unique, because its companion WEGENER(R) Compel(R) network control system is optimized for complex, regionalized control over schedules, content and delivery; Compel is currently used in many commercial, ad-supported network operations and digital signage solutions.

"We're extremely pleased to participate in Digital Signage Expo 2009, a show which is fast becoming the industry's premiere digital signage event," said Ned L. Mountain, president and chief operating officer of WEGENER. "We're also looking forward to educating operators on the many opportunities that exist for corporations to extend the use of their digital signage networks to communicate with employees and provide back office training."

ABOUT WEGENER

WEGENER(R) (Wegener Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR), is an international provider of digital video and audio solutions for broadcast television, radio, telco, private and cable networks. With over 30 years experience in optimizing point-to-multipoint multimedia distribution over satellite, fiber, and IP networks, WEGENER offers a comprehensive product line that handles the scheduling, management and delivery of media rich content to multiple devices, including video screens, computers and audio devices. WEGENER focuses on long- and short-term strategies for bandwidth savings, dynamic advertising, live events and affiliate management.

WEGENER's product line includes: iPump(R) media servers for file-based and live broadcasts; COMPEL(R) Network Control and COMPEL(R) Conditional Access for dynamic command, monitoring and addressing of multi-site video, audio, and data networks; and the Unity(R) satellite media receivers for live radio and video broadcasts. Applications served include: digital signage, linear and file-based TV distribution, linear and file-based radio distribution, Nielsen rating information, broadcast news distribution, business music distribution, corporate communications, video and audio simulcasts.

WEGENER(R) can be reached at (770) 814-4000 or at www.wegener.com.

WEGENER, COMPEL, COMPEL CONTROL, iPUMP, MEDIAPLAN, UNITY, ASSURED FILE DELIVERY, PANDA, PROSWITCH, VIDATA, the stylized W-design logo (for WEGENER(R)), the stylized C-design logo (for Compel(R)) and the stylized PANDA design logo are all registered trademarks of WEGENER(R). All Rights Reserved.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and the Company intends that such forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," "plans," "anticipates," and similar expressions, and include, for example, statements relating to expectations regarding future sales, income and cash flows. Forward-looking statements 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 Company's digital video and audio transmission product lines, effectiveness of the sales organization, the successful development and introduction of new products in the future, delays in the conversion by private and broadcast networks to next generation digital broadcast equipment, acceptance by various networks of standards for digital broadcasting, the Company's liquidity position and capital resources, general market conditions which may not improve during fiscal year 2009 and beyond, and success of the Company'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 Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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 results. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Source: Wegener Corporation

CONTACT: Press: Robin Hoffman of Pipeline Communications,
+1-973-746-6970, robinh@pipecomm.com; Investor Relations: Troy Woodbury,
Investor Relations of WEGENER, +1-770-814-4000, FAX: +1-770-623-9648,
info@wegener.com

Web site: http://www.wegener.com/

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