Radio

Who? What? Where? When? 

Two men in particular, Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla and Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi went head-to-head in what would become the race to invent the radio.  

Nikola Tesla

After emigrating to the U.S. in 1884, Nikola Tesla invented the induction coil or Tesla coil, a device essential to sending and receiving radio waves and one the U.S. Tesla applied for his first patents in radio work in 1897 in America. He also built and demonstrated a radio-controlled boat at Madison Square Garden in 1898. 

Guglielmo Macroni

Guglielmo Marconi had conducted experiments and in 1896, sent and received Morse code-based radio signals at distances spanning nearly 4 miles (6 kilometers) in England. That same year, he applied for, and was granted, the world's first patent in wireless telegraphy in England

Case Study: Capital FM 95.8

Capital FM was first aired in 1973 in England. It was previously owned and operated by global radio but they sold Capital Birmingham and Scotland to Communicorp in 2014. Within the first five months of the network Capital's flagship London station regained its spot as the most listened to commercial station in London. 
Capital was previously known as Mix, One, Galaxy and Hit Music at various times. The stations were formerly owned by GCap Media and Chrysalis Radio prior to their respective takeovers by Global Radio and, with the exception of Capital London, were all part of Galaxy or Hit Music until they were merged to form the Capital network on Monday 3 January 2011.
In June 2013 Capital's audience consisted of 4.0% of the whole of the UK and have 7.2 million listeners weekly. Global Radio announced Choice FM to be rebranded as Capital Xtra. 

Capital's London breakfast show, fronted by Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry, increased its weekly audience by 10% to 1.19 million to remain the most popular among commercial broadcasters. Where as Kiss FM's breakfast show, presented by Rickie, Melvin and Charlie, went up 22% to 824,000 and reinforced its position as the second most popular among commercial stations in London.