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1999 2012 The Hot30 Countdown, was an Australian radio show hosted by Mike Christian (MC) and Mel Greig. It was broadcast on the Today Network to every state in Australia, following 'The Dirt'. It was axed on Monday December 10th 2012. On 6 December 2012, the day after Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to hospital for a severe case of morning sickness, Mel Greig and Michael Christian rang the hospital pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles. The prank worked, with a nurse forwarding the call on to Catherine's private nurse, and Greig and Christian were able to obtain Catherine's medical details. The prank was condemned by a journalist writing in The Huffington Post, and the hospital announced they deeply regretted the incident and would be "reviewing [their] telephone protocols. Following the incident the nurse who put the prank call through to Catherine's private nurse was found dead in a suspected suicide. Following the death both Greig and Christian, took down their Twitter accounts. An executive producer for 2Day FM, told TMZ, "I advise you to stop trying to call them" as the hosts have been "ordered" not to speak to media. It was later announced that Greig and Christian would be stepping away from their duties. The company that owns the station released a statement reported by TMZ, which stated, "SCA and 2Day FM are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha from King Edward VII’s Hospital. SCA and the hosts hav

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