Charles Karel Bouley

Charles Karel Bouley, known on-the-air as Karel, is an American talk radio host and author. He is best known for his highly rated work on KGOshow in San Francisco, California. Prior to working for KGO the first time, Bouley and his late partner, Andrew Howard, were the first openly gay radio talk show hosts on the #1 Talk Station in the Country, KFI in Los Angeles. After being told by his engineer that his microphone was off, he was heard using profanity during the ABC Network News at the top of the hour; The listeners could clearly hear Karel, over the newscaster, and he was subsequently terminated by management the next week.

Less than three years later, after he independently syndicated his own show, he has returned to KGO to fill his former weekend time slot. "Our listeners have been asking for Karel for nearly three years," said KGO's general manager. "Karel is a larger-than-life personality. Our audience loves him and missed him and we're very excited to welcome him back into KGO family."

"Bouley is a high profile blogger for The Huffington Post, and his editorials have appeared in the Wall Street Journal. He was also editor and a columnist for The Advocate.com, and Billboard Magazine.