JOHNS CREEK, GA — (Marketwired) — 04/04/13 — Wegener Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WGNR), a provider of equipment for digital signage, television, audio, and data distribution networks worldwide, and Dial Global, America-s largest independent provider and distributor of audio content, today announced the joint development of a system that provides real-time verification of over-the-air content playback via affiliated stations using Wegener-s store forward radio network media player.

AM/FM Radio tuners in Dial Global/WEGENER store-forward media players -listen- to the programming being transmitted by the radio station. An advanced software application developed by WEGENER for Dial Global compares the transmitted programming to what was played by the media player, verifying that what the station intended to play is what actually went to air.

“We are proud to continue to work with our long-standing radio industry partner to develop and deploy this ground-breaking radio application,” stated Troy Woodbury, President and CEO of Wegener Corporation. “This is a further example of the power of Compel, our network management and control system. Compel assures that media is delivered to the right place, at the right time — and verified.”

“WEGENER has continued to advance the capabilities of the delivery platform on a regular basis, providing Dial Global with the Gold Standard of network programming delivery,” stated Conrad Trautmann, Chief Technology Officer for Dial Global Radio Networks.

“WEGENER and Dial Global have enjoyed a collaborative relationship that continues to provide the best possible programming and features to our affiliates, advertisers and partners,” added Eric Wiler, Dial Global-s Senior Vice President of Broadcast Engineering and Operations. “Instead of creating a product operating with a fixed feature set, we have been able to enhance and add many groundbreaking features several years after deployment,” added Wiler.

Dial Global is the largest independent national audio media company in the U.S., delivering compelling, engaging, and fully-integrated audio content to over 8,500+ radio stations and digital media companies. Dial Global-s powerful portfolio of iconic media, sports and entertainment brands, combined with some of the most recognized live events in the world, provide strong and unique brand engagement to over 225 million consumers each week. For more information, visit

WEGENER® (Wegener Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegener Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WGNR), is an international provider of digital video and audio solutions for broadcast television, radio, telco, private and cable networks. With over 30 years of 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® media servers for file-based and live broadcasts; COMPEL® Network Control and COMPEL® Conditional Access for dynamic command, monitoring and addressing of multi-site video, audio, and data networks; and the Unity® 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.

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