Mike Christian

Mike Christian is an Australian radio presenter and one of the two radio co-hosts who made a prank phone call later cited as a motivating factor in the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha, a London nurse.

On 5 October 2009, Christian started a position as the afternoons announcer at Austereo's Fox FM in Melbourne, Victoria before moving to mornings. He moved to Sydney's 2Day FM in December 2012 to host the Hot30 Countdown with Mel Greig, a nationally syndicated program.

On 6 December 2012, Christian and his 2Day FM radio co-host, Mel Greig, made a radio prank call to the hospital that was caring for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, during her first pregnancy. The duo tricked the hospital into releasing private medical information on the Duchess by using "bad accents" to mimic Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales in an attempt to talk with the Duchess.

Two days later Jacintha Saldanha, one of the nurses who was tricked by the pair, was found dead in a suspected suicide.

Both Christian and Greig were seen on their Twitter accounts boasting about the prank a day earlier, calling it "the easiest prank call ever made." They were both suspended from broadcasting following the death. In an interview on the Nine Network's A Current Affair program, Christian said that "We are shattered, heartbroken and our deepest sympathy goes to the family, friends and all those people affected. Mel and myself are incredibly sorry for the situation and what's happened."

On 27 January 2013, 2dayFM's parent company announced on its Facebook page that the Hot 30 show responsible for the prank would not be returning.

Christian returned to the Melbourne Fox FM morning program on 11 February 2013, and his move there created controversy.

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