 Having two gold networks on its hands, GCap decided to merge them.In early August 2007, the Classic Gold and Capital Gold networks were joined under the new name Gold.To "streamline" the business even further, the last remaining live local programming on Classic Gold GEM was cut, and replaced with an automated daytime programme (where the presenter's links between the records are all pre-recorded but made to sound live), the bare minimum required to satisfy regulators Ofcom.