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One of the DJs 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, which runs between 10 and 12. 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. /> 
/>Southern Cross Austereo's chief executive, Ryhs Holleran said: "We are happy to have Michael back on air. We have always supported our talent returning to work when appropriate and today marks that occasion for MC." /> 
/>Austereo would not confirm when Christian's co-host, Mel Greig, would be returning to work. "We look forward to welcoming Mel Grieg back when the time is right," Holleran said. /> 
/>Two weeks earlier Britain's crown prosecution service had said it was not in the public interest to bring charges against Christian and Greig.		 One of the DJs behind the prank phone call to the Duchess of Cambridge's hospital has returned to broadcasting on an Australian radio station.
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/>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.
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/>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.
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/>In his new role, Christian is the sole presenter of Fox FM's weekday morning programme, which runs between 10 and 12. 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.
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/>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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/>Southern Cross Austereo's chief executive, Ryhs Holleran said: "We are happy to have Michael back on air. We have always supported our talent returning to work when appropriate and today marks that occasion for MC."
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/>Austereo would not confirm when Christian's co-host, Mel Greig, would be coming back. "We look forward to welcoming Mel Grieg back when the time is right," Holleran said.
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/>Two weeks earlier Britain's crown prosecution service had said it was not in the public interest to bring charges against Christian and Greig.
"Having carefully reviewed the evidence currently available we have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter and that although there is some evidence to warrant further investigation of offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003, no further investigation is required because any potential prosecution would not be in the public interest," said Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of special crime at the CPS. /> 
/>Among the issues taken into consideration, the CPS said, was the fact that it would not be possible to extradite the radio presenters from Australia to the UK in respect of the potential communication offences.		 "Having carefully reviewed the evidence currently available we have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter and that although there is some evidence to warrant further investigation of offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003, no further investigation is required because any potential prosecution would not be in the public interest," said Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of special crime at the CPS.
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/>Among the issues taken into consideration, the CPS said, was the fact that it would not be possible to extradite the radio presenters from Australia to the UK in respect of the potential communication offences.
"However misguided," McHaffie added, "the telephone call was intended as a harmless prank. The consequences in this case were very sad. We send our sincere condolences to Jacintha Saldanha's family.""However misguided," McHaffie added, "the telephone call was intended as a harmless prank. The consequences in this case were very sad. We send our sincere condolences to Jacintha Saldanha's family."