WEGENER(R) President and COO Ned L. Mountain to Present at SATELLITE 2009

WEGENER(R) President and COO Ned L. Mountain to Present at SATELLITE 2009

Panel discussion will address adoption of key areas technologies, such as HDTV, terrestrial Internet, IPTV distribution, and digital signage.

DULUTH, Ga., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that WEGENER President and COO Ned L. Mountain was selected to participate in the Ground Segment Business Forum, produced by the World Teleport Association (WTA), at SATELLITE 2009. Mountain will be a panelist for "How Fast is Too Fast? Betting the Ranch on Technology Adoption," an afternoon session that will debate the push-and-pull of technology adoption and provide forecasts for change.

"How Fast is Too Fast? Betting the Ranch on Technology Adoption" will address questions concerning HDTV and terrestrial Internet, IPTV distribution, digital signage, two-way broadband satellite links, and new satellite technologies. The session will be moderated by Bruce Elbert, President of Application Technology Strategy, Inc., and will also include panelists from SES Americom, Schlumberger, and ViaSat Satellite Holdings.

SATELLITE 2009 serves the enterprise, commercial, broadcast, and government and military markets by creating a forum for thousands of attendees to share information and research the newest technology. The SATELLITE 2009 Conference runs March 24-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The show floor will be open March 25-27. WEGENER is exhibiting at Booth #641.

Mountain has been with WEGENER for the past 25 years serving in numerous domestic and international sales, marketing, and management positions. He has been a member of the NCTA engineering committee and served as co-chair of the Quality Sound subcommittee. He has also been involved in numerous cable-related projects including the satellite digital network control system used by major programmers. Prior to joining WEGENER, Mountain was a Senior Engineer with the former UA-Columbia Cablevision and a Systems Engineering Manager for Motorola Communications.

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, robinhoffman@pipecomm.com, for WEGENER; or Investor
Relations: Troy Woodbury of WEGENER, +1-770-814-4000, or fax, +1-770-623-9648,
info@wegener.com

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

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