Karel (Charles Karel Bouley) has had #1 talk shows at Citadel/ABC's flagship station, KGO AM 810 San Francisco (#1 overall station) and for KFI AM 640 Los Angeles, He is an entertainment reporter and film critic for KNX 1070 Los Angeles (CBS). Karel also has filled for Bill Press on his national show on a regular basis.

He is a blogger for the HuffingtonPost.com and has been a columnist for the #1 gay/lesbian newsmagazine The Advocate at Advocate.com and IN Magazine Los Angeles, as well as Billboard and others. His book of essays "You Can't Say That" is published by Alyson Press. His music is available at iTunes and other online stores and he maintains a blog, podcasts and message boards at www.radiokrll.com and can be reached at feedback@crkb2.com.

Karel also appears as a guest on topical issues having appeared on such cable news networks as CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. He is a regular guest on Techlink for Time/Warner, as a Macintosh Computer expert and even did two seasons as a lead actor on TNN's "Ultimate Revenge" hosted by Ryan Seacrest (an improved practical joke show a la Punk'd) created by industry veteran Woody Fraiser. Karel produced, directed and wrote a marriage equality PSA that won second place in GLAAD's "I Do" contest, being aired at OutFest and on national television, featuring 12 youth and a cameo by Thomas Jefferson.

Karel made history with his late partner (on and off air) Andrew Howard as the duo became the first openly gay male couple to host a major market talk show when they took over afternoon drive at KFI AM 640 Los Angeles (following Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura on the #1 talk station in the country). Upon Andrew's untimely death in 2001, Karel went solo and personally changed state law in California so he could pursue a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of his partner. He does his shows from his studio at the home they shared, Park Howard, in Long Beach, CA, where he lives with his dogs and cat.

Blog Entries by Charles Karel Bouley

Explain? How Do You Explain Saying "I Want Joe the Plumber Dead" on the Radio?

Posted November 15, 2008 | 05:48 PM (EST)


I can't. I won't. Because it won't matter. There is nothing I can say here that won't be picked apart in to a million bits by those that are looking for more grist for their mills.

I said words deemed profane by the FCC over commercial radio at a time...

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No Cash for Crap Cars

1 Comments | Posted November 1, 2008 | 06:40 PM (EST)


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Exxon Mobile has posted a $15 billion dollar profit this quarter. It's good news for them and their shareholders, as it is the largest profit in a quarter by any U.S. corporation in history, breaking their own record last quarter.

Obscene.

Now, autos are...

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Designer Bigotry in Palin's Clothing

31 Comments | Posted October 26, 2008 | 05:20 PM (EST)


Sarah Palin's wardrobe malfunction of sorts wasn't that big of a deal to me. I went out to talk about it for a video rant, and encountered homophobia in the name of a McCain / Palin supporter. Watch through the end, it's priceless.

What's so priceless is that McCain and...

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Palin's Wardrobe Malfunction

12 Comments | Posted October 23, 2008 | 06:31 PM (EST)


Universe please don't strike me down, but here, I'm going to say it: Leave Sarah Palin alone. Oh dear God, just the thought is absurd. But I mean it. So she spent a couple hundred thousand dollars of the Republican National Committee's money out of millions raised on clothing. This...

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McCain-Palin: Bullwinklenomics

6 Comments | Posted October 17, 2008 | 03:55 PM (EST)


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Bullwinkleconomics: McCain / Palin : The New Boris and Natasha

"Hey, America, the economy is tanking yet again. Watch me pull a new economic rescue plan out of my hat..."

"Again, but that trick never works..."

Yes, we've entered the era of Bullwinkleconomics....

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I'm Afraid...

4 Comments | Posted October 13, 2008 | 05:26 PM (EST)


How many of you have gotten a credible death threat?

I have. In fact, I get them all the time, via email, text message, telephone. As one of the very few openly gay talk show hosts on major market radio, a liberal one at that, well, you can imagine. Or...

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McCain/Palin No Mavericks, Say Real Mavericks

27 Comments | Posted October 7, 2008 | 03:00 PM (EST)


"I'm Fontaine Maverick, And John McCain, You Are No Maverick..."

John McCain I know a Maverick, and you, sir, are no Maverick. Truly. I now know Fontaine Maverick, great-great-grand daughter of Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), and it was he and his sons for which the word was coined. And as...

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Karma Comes For OJ; Bush Cheney Next? (Video)

Posted October 6, 2008 | 10:42 AM (EST)


Karma always gets even and I am so glad O.J. Simpson got a chance to taste that on October 3, 2008 as he was finally found guilty of all 12 counts in his most recent case of kidnapping, burglary and weapons charges. And the wonderful irony is that these guilty...

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Palin Debate: Are the Pundits Crazy? Video

1 Comments | Posted October 3, 2008 | 01:48 PM (EST)


In one of the most watched Vice Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin tanked. So why is everyone saying she did better than expected? Is this not for the second highest job in the land, possibly first? Talking points with a beehive? It was time for a rant.

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Meeting on Hill: Why? The Only Vote Is No!

1 Comments | Posted September 26, 2008 | 04:20 PM (EST)


A headline last night on CNN: "Breaking News: President Bush Holds Bailout Talks, Bipartisan Members Working On Deal."

Yet another non-headline. Think about it: breaking news, members of the government doing their jobs, earning their pay. Truly. Why is this "historic" meeting historic in the first place? Why haven't these...

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What's Left Without Wall Street? We, The People

1 Comments | Posted September 25, 2008 | 11:07 AM (EST)


Who knew that being poor would actually help me one day? Well, today is that day.

You see, I've always had to worry about rent and then, luckily, mortgage payments. I work in entertainment; we don't have 401K plans, we have a union and a retirement plan but many of...

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The Pig Needs Gloss and America Needs a Makeover

Posted September 21, 2008 | 03:17 PM (EST)


The Pop Culture Pig McCain / Palin have created may be running around in lipstick, but they would have been wiser to apply some gloss because it appears a week out it, and the McCain Palin ticket, is losing its shine.

But how could it not? Any intelligent person can...

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Palin and McCain's Contempt for Justice

Posted September 19, 2008 | 06:16 AM (EST)


Am I the only person left in America that thought that answering things like subpoenas wasn't optional? And not just in small claims cases or civil cases, but State investigations?

And is it just me, or is it safe to assume that if any of us were in contempt...

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Truth is, We're Screwed (Video)

Posted September 15, 2008 | 03:38 AM (EST)


The candidates say they're all about change, all about not the same business as usual. Yet, not one person on the campaign trail can really say what is becoming painfully clear: for the near future, for the next decade or so, we're all screwed.

Energy solutions? Real ones are more...

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Medicated in to Civility

Posted September 11, 2008 | 07:26 PM (EST)


The nation is depressed and in pain. It's obvious. Just go to www.rxlist.com and look up the most prescribed drugs for the past five years. Antidepressants and pain killers are in the top five always, usually number one or two.

I never really thought much of this until...

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Palin: An American Insult

Posted August 30, 2008 | 02:16 PM (EST)


Civility is over rated, especially when your country is in danger. And America, we're in danger.

The Neoconservative Republicans are planning another coup so they complete their takeover of the Supreme Court and most other branches of government. No, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, just observant.

John McCain, in a...

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OK, He's Earned My Vote

Posted August 29, 2008 | 12:30 AM (EST)


I was going to vote for Barack Obama because I had to.

After his acceptance speech, I'm doing it because I want to.

As I sit listening to the recaps critics have already begun saying, well, it's just a speech, or just words. That, of course, could be said of...

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Fat Unfit Nation

Posted August 21, 2008 | 04:47 PM (EST)


In 2007, according to a new report, not one state decreased their state-wide obesity statistic. That means, America is on the fat train towards tubbo land and there's no sign of a retreat. The predictions vary in only one way, timing, but all agree that within the next seven to...

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Why I Don't Care About Edward's Affair

Posted August 9, 2008 | 12:58 AM (EST)


I know it's un-American, but I don't give one iota (the ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet and thus slang for ONE BIT) whom John Edwards is screwing. Just as I don't care whom Bill Clinton was screwing, or Hillary for that matter, John McCain (whom I believe...

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California Teens And Jefferson Get Gay Marriage Right

Posted July 22, 2008 | 10:22 AM (EST)


A lot has been said about gay marriage. I myself have spoken a lot about it on radio and TV. That is why I wrote and directed this small little minute video below. Because Thomas Jefferson got it right hundreds of years ago, and gay teens in CA need his...

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