12 Dec 2012

Prank call station pledges money to family of British nurse

6:55 am on 12 December 2012

The radio station at the centre of the hoax call that tragically backfired has pledged to donate all advertising profits for the rest of the year to the family of a London nurse who took her own life.

Jacintha Saldanha answered a hoax call from presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian of Sydney station 2Day FM, who impersonated the Queen and Prince Charles as they sought information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge's condition.

Ms Saldanha passed the call to a duty nurse who gave the presenters confidential information about the Duchess.

The 46-year-old mother of two was found dead in London on Friday in an apparent suicide.

Radio station owner Southern Cross Austereo has pledged to provide a minimum of $A500,000, the ABC reports.

The company says the money will go to an appropriate memorial fund that will directly benefit Jacintha Saldanha's family.

If advertising revenue amounts to less than that, the company will contribute the rest.