 After being awarded the licence, they renamed the station to Brunel FM, after Isambard Kingdom Brunel whose railway network had developed Swindon from a small village on the top of a hill, to a large town.Brunel Radio was also the previous name for Classic Gold Radio (now DAB Station Gold) when Wiltshire Radio/GWR (now Heart Wiltshire) launched on FM.However Brunel FM and Brunel Radio/Brunel Classic Gold had no connection other than their names and where their studios were based.