Clifford Nicholls "Nicky" Whitta was a popular Australian radio personality.
10 Facts About Nicky Whitta
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Nicky Whitta is credited with being a mentor to Graham Kennedy during his early career.
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From 1931, Nicky Whitta began working on a children's program at 3LO, before joining 3AW in 1932.
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When Nicky Whitta arrived at 3UZ, Graham Kennedy was working in the record library at the station.
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Kennedy said that on one occasion, to make a joke out of it, he and Nicky Whitta read two live advertisements simultaneously, while talking over several pre-recorded commercials.
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When television arrived in Melbourne, Nicky Whitta signed a contract with GTV-9 and was destined to become part of the cluster of radio announcers making the move over to the new medium.
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Nicky Whitta was expected to host a live and interactive daily children's program called Children's Theatre.
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Nicky Whitta died at his home in Darebin from a coronary occlusion.
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Nicky Whitta died shortly after his wife phoned for a doctor.
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Nicky Whitta's funeral attracted one of the largest gatherings Melbourne had seen with up to 150,000 people watching the funeral procession, as they lined the streets as the procession made its way from the Methodist Church in Ivanhoe to the Springvale Crematorium.