2Day FM release statement: "We're very confident that we haven't done anything illegal. What happened was incredibly tragic and we're deeply saddened and we're incredibly affected by that."
Speaking to reporters in Melbourne, Australia, on the news that the nurse at the centre of a hoax call made by 2Day radio presenters had committed suicide, CEO Rhys Holleran has stood by the two DJ’s, insisting the radio station has not broken any laws.
Holleran is the CEO of the radio station's parent company, Southern Cross Austereo.
He went on to say: "Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and 2Day FM are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha from King Edward VII’s Hospital and we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and all that have been affected by this situation around the world."
"I spoke to both presenters early this morning and it's fair to say they're completely shattered.
"Prank calls as a craft in radio have been going for decades and decades, they are not just part of one radio station, or one network or one country. They’re done worldwide."
Holleran said the company and the presenters had "mutually decided that their show will not run until further notice out of respect of what can only be described as a tragedy."
The Australian Communications and Media Authority, the body regulating radio broadcasting in the country, has said it had received a flood of complaints but is yet to launch a formal investigation.