Charles Karel Bouley

Who is Charles Karel Bouley?

Charles Karel Bouley, known on-the-air as Karel, is a history-making American Entertainer and talk radio host and author. He began as a comic and vocalist with 1995's album "Dance...Or Else" and was signed to Jellybean Recordings under John "Jellybean" Benitez. While promoting a record he was signed to do a radio show on KYPA Los Angeles called "Different After Dark." His off-air partner Andrew Howard became his co-host and within two years the duo made history as the first openly gay radio talk show hosts on KFI in Los Angeles. in 1998.

Upon Howard's unexpected death in 2001 Karel stayed at KFI for almost two years. After a shift in management at KFI Karel and others were let go but he soon landed a high profile show in the #4 Arbitron Market in the United States, San Francisco, as part of KGO. He was fired from KGO in November 2008 when an engineer left his microphone open and off-air comments were broadcast containing profanity. Bouley was forced to recreate himself, returning to stand-up comedy, writing for the HuffingtonPost and re-entering radio with a self-syndicated show heard first on Energy San Francisco and KRXA Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz. . The show airs five days a week, going nationwide after negotiating a satellite hookup with GCN, Genesis Communication Network.. In November 2011, Karel returned to KGO, where he currently occupies his previous weekend time slot, in addition to his weekday show.