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The Extra Story
In 1992, Brisbane Extra launched alongside other sister productions in capital cities around the country. A Current Affair reporter, Rick Burnett, made his debut as host, with ex-ABC personality Doug Murray and a team of young reporters.
One year later, the sister programs were axed, but the Brisbane program proved so popular with its local audience, it continued, changing its name to just Extra.
Since then, Extra has been an important part of south-east Queensland, airing both informative and entertaining stories, covering community issues, consumer affairs and telling viewers about interesting people and things happening in their town.
During its history, Extra’s turned plenty of ordinary people’s ideas and hobbies into successful businesses. Sunshine Coast mum, Annette Sym was discovered by Extra. Inspired by her own weight loss success she published a series of low fat cookbooks and became a household name.
We’ve also had our milestones. In 2000, Extra celebrated its 2000th episode with a free family fun day at South Bank including a special performance by Hi-5. And we celebrated our 3000th episode in 2004 by giving viewers 3000 presents every day for a week.
In 2006, Extra continued on its winning ways, welcoming a new host, newsreader and journalist Jillian Whiting. Jillian continues to host Extra in 2008, with the program now state-wide on the WIN television network.
As Extra celebrates its 17th year, it marks a record run for a locally-produced Australian program.
Meet the Extra team, who made this all possible.
Sunshine Coast Viewers
Sunshine Coast Viewers can tune into Extra by programming UHF 37 on their TV or video. Find out how to tune into UHF 37.
