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Karel was born
Charles Raymond Bouley II in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1962. His family moved to California in 1975 where he stayed until 2015 before moving to Las Vegas. He has had one domestic partner, Andrew Lee Howard, who died in 2001. He began performing in college, did drag in the early 1980s as
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came up during the news, Bouley was heard on-air ranting: "Fuck goddamn Joe the goddamn mother-fucking
Plumber! I want mother-fucking Joe the Plumber dead!" KGO issued a news release on November 11, 2008 stating that he had been terminated. He was then rehired by KGO in 2010 and remained until 2015.
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In 2018, he released "Stronger
Together" co-written by himself and Morgan Mallory and featuring himself, Mallory, Thea Austin (from Snap!) and Daniel Charleston on vocals. In 2020 and 2021, Karel co-wrote "Toast" performed by the Black Donnelys, "Flickering Life" and "Look In To the Light" for the
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The Divine Miss Mess (impersonating Bette Midler) and began singing in LGBTQ clubs. He entered radio in the late 90s along with recording singles and an album. He has written for the media since 1978. His early life is chronicled in his semi-autobiographical 2004 release "You Can't Say That".
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hit "Live to Tell" in August 1995. In 1995 he released the album "Dance...Or Else"; Larry Flick named the it one of the Top 10 Dance Albums of 1995. In 1996 he was nominated for a Gay And
Lesbian American Music Award (GLAMA). In 1996 he recorded a remake of the late
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Following his partner's death, Bouley returned to KFI and hosted a talk show there until station management changed and he and others were dismissed in April 2002. Seven months later, Karel was hired as an on-air host by San
Francisco radio station
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called "Different After Dark." After that show Karel and his now co-host and domestic partner Andrew Howard became morning drive at
Triangle Broadcasting in Palm Springs, heard in the Seattle area . Then they went on to become the first openly
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were inadvertently broadcast live. He would then regain his job in 2010 and stay at KGO until 2015. After being let go he began The Karel Cast as well as performing his stage show Karel Stands Up nationally.
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to be recognized as such and giving them the right to sue for wrongful death. This decision, handed down in 2005, meant that domestic partnerships were retroactively recognized in the State of
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Andrew Howard died unexpectedly in 2001 and Karel stayed on KFI for two years solo. After a shift in management at KFI, Karel was let go; he subsequently hosted a show on San
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and remixed by the
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Anthony, James (May 11, 1999). "Queering rush-hour radio – openly gay radio talk show in Los
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publishing house, Alyson Press. Karel also contributed to "
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