107.7 Brunel FM
Broadcast area	Swindon
Slogan	The New Sound for Swindon (on-air) Worth Listening to, whatever you're doing (off-air)
First air date	2 September 2006
Frequency	107.7 MHz Stereo and online [1]
Format	Contemporary
Owner	The Local Radio Company

For the regional Classic Gold station, Brunel Radio see Brunel Classic Gold

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Overview

The station air networked programs as well as local ones and is run as a separate company with its own management, presenters, journalists and sales staff. The station also covers Wootton Bassett, Wroughton, Cricklade, Highworth and Purton. This totals to a reach of an adult population (aged 15+) of around 150,000. The Station's main local rivals are Wiltshire's GWR FM and to a lesser extent BBC Radio Swindon. The station's content is produced from the Lime Kiln studios 6 miles southwest from Swindon at Wootton Bassett, and is transmitted from the Blunsdon transmitter 2 miles north of Swindon. The station generates its revenue is by advertising, and is fully self-sufficient, it employs 10 full time staff and several other part time. Brunel FM's first station manager was Martin Mumford who is well known in the industry and is "one of the most sought after people in commercial radio" Martin has now left Brunel,and is now back at Town and Country broadcasting, based in Neath, Wales. Brunel FM does not currently broadcast on DAB digital radio but does aims to in the future, the station is available via it live stream at brunelfm.com as well as on FM, this stream is restricted to the UK residents and at times is turned off due to agreements with certain organisations and copyrights. bodies. Wootton Bassett is a small market town located west of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Cricklade is a small town in north Wiltshire in England, on the River Thames, situated midway between Swindon and Cirencester. ... Highworth is a small town in the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, located about six miles north-east of Swindon town centre. ... Purton is a small village with a current population of about (error on population). ... // Overview GWR FM is the name of three pop Independent Local Radio stations based in Bristol, Bath and Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. ... BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... Wootton Bassett is a small market town located west of Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Broad Blunsdon is a village in Wiltshire, south west England, located north of Swindon on the A419 road and easily accessible from junctions 15 and 16 of the M4 motorway. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... Digital Audio Broadcast or DAB is a standard for digital radio broadcast developed by EUREKA as a research project for the European Union. ... Alternative meaning: Organisation (band). ... Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ...

History

Logo of proposed station.

In 2005 Ofcom invited applications for the 12-year broadcasting licence for Swindon. The Local Radio Company applied for licence posing a radio station called Now FM. After being awarded the licence they had a rethink and ended up calling it Brunel FM, after Isambard Kingdom Brunel whose railway network had converted Swindon from a small village on the top of a hill, to an extremely large town. For some weeks before launch the station was in test transmissions, allowing listeners a sneak preview of the station, without having to put up with presenters or commercials. The station launched a 10am on 2 September 2006 to the sound of many different people from around the coverage area wishing the station luck. The fist programme to air was The Breakfast Show with Tony Dibbin. The station actually came out of test transmissions an hour before for a countdown to the launch. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... The Local Radio Company (TLRC) is a British media company based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, that owns over 30 small independent local radio stations in the UK. It was known as Radio Investments Limited until a takeover in 2004. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Slogans

September 2006: The New sound for Swindon For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ...

See Also

• Wiltshire's GWR FM
• BBC Radio Swindon
• Chippenham Hospital Radio

GWR FM serves Wiltshire. ... BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. ...

External links

• Brunel FM
• The Local Radio Company
• Blunsdon transmitter
• Press release