ONE of the disc jockeys behind the prank phone call to the Duchess of Cambridge’s hospital has returned to broadcasting on an Australian radio station.

Michael Christian, known as MC, hosted Monday morning’s slot on the Melbourne popular music radio station Fox FM, part of the Southern Cross Austereo network that also owns 2Day FM, the station behind the prank call in early December. It is the first time Christian has appeared on radio since he and fellow DJ Mel Greig pretended to be the Queen and Prince Charles in the prank phone call to the King Edward VII hospital in London where Kate Middleton was being treated for a severe form of morning sickness.

Three days later the nurse who put the call through to Middleton’s room, Jacintha Saldanha, killed herself, sparking international outrage against the DJs and the radio station.

In his new role, Christian is the sole presenter of Fox FM’s weekday morning programme. It is a music-based programme in which he does not make or take calls. He did not mention the controversy in his first show. Christian had previously presented the programme on Fox FM before his move to 2Day FM’s Hot 30, which made the prank call. The Hot 30 was suspended from broadcast following Saldanha’s death and has been permanently replaced by another show.

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