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Shock jock to take Extra chair
June 22 2007 1:35pm (UTC+8) - Article by Kevin
Triple M shock jock Ian Skippen is moving to television - if only for 5 days. Skippen has been announced as one of the many fill in hosts for the very pregnant Jillian Whiting on Channel Nine Queensland's afternoon program, Extra.
Whiting will present her final episode of Extra tonight.
Former ABC News newsreader Lisa Backhouse is expected to take over Whiting's presenting role on National Nine News.
Skippen will be seen on air for the week beginning June 25.
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O’Keefe has worked for QTQ9 before, hosting kids program Download in 2002.
“I was thrilled when Jillian asked me to host for a week. She has been wonderful, taking me under her wing and shown me the ropes,” she told The Courier Mail.
The news that O'Keefe is to take the chair comes as the future for the long running show hangs in the balance. More blood was let at the Mount Coot-tha studios yesterday with the boning of five behind-the-scenes staff, including a floor manager and a graphic designer.
[ Edited on June 26 2007 at 8:12pm by Brisbane ]