description: The Chums of Chatterbox Corner was the most popular, indeed record breaking , children's radio program in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Nancy Lee (Whitta) and Nicky Whitta were voted most popular radio personalities year after year. Nicky, with foil Graham Kennedy, became the most listened to radio person of these years. He enjoyed ratings of 70% to 80% of the Melbourne listening audience. When he died he was deeply mourned, had the largest funeral in the history of Melbourne. Their contribution is an essential segment of the social history of Australia.
language: English
title: Being a chum was fun: The story of Nicky and Nancy Lee
titlecomplete: Being a chum was fun: The story of Nicky and Nancy Lee
publisher: Listen & Learn Productions