WEGENER VPs to Address Content Distribution to Key Audiences at NAB 2009

WEGENER VPs to Address Content Distribution to Key Audiences at NAB 2009

Presentations to discuss MicroCasting(TM) radio programming paradigm and emerging video content distribution model

DULUTH, Ga., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation (NASDAQ:WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that WEGENER(R) representatives will participate in two sessions during the 2009 NAB Show in April. WEGENER Vice Presidents will present "Microcasting - Applying Automation with Customization to Radio Station Affiliates" during the Radio Engineering Forum on April 20, and will appear as a panelist for the "How the Global Video Content Cloud Will Transform Your Business" session during the NAB Content Distribution Forum on April 21.

The NAB Show, which runs from April 18-23rd in the Las Vegas Convention Center, is the world's largest electronic media show that covers the development, management, and delivery of content across all mediums. WEGENER will exhibit in Booth SU7913.

Part of the NAB Engineering Broadcast Conference, the Radio Engineering Forum is a daylong event on Monday, April 20. During the "Microcasting - Applying Automation with Customization to Radio Station Affiliates" session, Gary Pelkey, WEGENER VP System Architect, will describe the advantages of MicroCasting(TM), a new programming paradigm designed for national radio programmers that provides remote affiliate stations with highly customized content tailored to their individual markets. This requires the ability to combine national programming with local content, which makes a common linear feed impossible. The solution is achieved through file-based broadcasting, advanced network control, satellite and terrestrial networks, and a file-oriented, automation-enabled receiver. Pelkey's session begins at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 20th.

The Content Distribution Forum, a targeted technology pavilion on the NAB show floor, sponsored by the World Teleport Association, will offer three days of interactive case studies. WEGENER's Vice President of Marketing, Kamy Merithew, was selected to participate in the panel, "How the Global Video Content Cloud Will Transform Your Business." The panelists will provide insight on an emerging model for video content distribution. Unlike today's tightly controlled, point-to-point systems, with this approach video content enters an Internet-based "Cloud" system as data packets, then finds its way to its destination, and lastly reassembles itself. Merithew and a panel of experts will review current Cloud technology, debate its advantages and disadvantages, and offer forecasts for the future. The panel will occur at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21st.

Gary Pelkey is a Vice President System Architect for WEGENER. Prior to joining WEGENER, Gary worked for Loral, a manufacturer of military avionics equipment. Gary has worked at WEGENER for 25 years in various design and management capacities.

Kamy Merithew is Vice President of Marketing for WEGENER. Prior to joining WEGENER, Merithew spent the previous nine years at Motorola in the Broadband Communications Division in San Diego (previously General Instrument Corporation), in various engineering and product marketing roles.

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: MEDIA: Robin Hoffman of Pipeline Communications,
+1-973-746-6970, robinhoffman@pipecomm.com; or INVESTOR RELATIONS: Troy
Woodbury, Investor Relations of WEGENER, +1-770-814-4000, +1-770-623-9648
(FAX), info@wegener.com

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

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