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(Sportsnet 590 The Fan)."Dean Blundell takes over morning show on Sportsnet 590 The Fan"
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in Fort McMurray and CIMX-FM in Windsor, Ontario before joining CFNY in 2001. His self-titled show on CFNY debuted soon after Corus Entertainment reassigned his longtime predecessors

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to talk radio sister station CFMJ.

''The Dean Blundell Show''

During Blundell's stint on CFNY, his program frequently faced complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council regarding offensive content. These included complaints about sexually explicit discussion, vulgar terminology used in a comment on the sexuality of Justin Bieber, derogatory comments about women, and comments that appeared to support violence against women. The program received a one-day suspension following a 2004 appearance by '' Jackass'' cast member

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, in which Steve-O urinated on the studio floor, used several profanities, and performed a stunt that involved wrapping duct tape around his penis. In 2009, he was sued for defamation by Linda Jackson, the mayor of the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, after reportedly calling her a "fraudster" and a "fat pig" on the air. In 2011, he granted an interview to

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victim Christina Taylor Green. In 2013, he was widely criticized for comments that appeared to mock the death of hockey player

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because that was preferable to living in Edmonton. Through 2012 and 2013, Blundell's show was the subject of nine separate complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council,"The second coming of Dean Blundell"
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'', May 16, 2014. and was formally censured six times. Blundell was indefinitely suspended from CFNY in December 2013, following reports that he and cohost Derek Welsman had discussed on the air a jury trial in which Welsman was the foreman."Jury foreman's jokes spark call for judicial review: Radio producer joins in mocking gays on broadcast after accused is convicted of sex assault of three men". ''

'', December 8, 2013. The trial concerned a

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charge against a client of a gay bathhouse, and Blundell and Welsman's commentary about it was criticized both for

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and for potentially causing a mistrial by publicly discussing the jury deliberations. The program's cancellation was announced in January 2014.

Subsequent career

Following his departure from CFNY, Blundell launched a podcast, and announced plans to launch his own Internet radio stream. He guest hosted an episode of Fan 590's ''Jeff Blair Show'' in May 2014 and was named to the station's permanent new lineup in 2015. Rogers Radio executive Scott Moore expressed confidence that Blundell's controversial history would not detract from the station's brand, noting that "He knows that this is a very different show. His mandate at the Edge was to be edgy and he knows a) that's not what we’re asking for and b) it would be unacceptable." He was dropped from Fan 590 in February 2017. Blundell said in 2018 that he regretted the on-air controversies from his show on CFNY-FM.

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