▪Hosts a weekend drive time show on the #1 Talk Station in Northern California, KGO AM 810, Sat. and Sun. 7pm to 10pm. Previously, hosted a show for KFI AM 640 (home of Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura). Called by USA TODAY "wildly popular and irreverent," declared by the L. A. Times to be "..the freshest breath of air Los Angeles radio has had in years..." called by Radio and Records "the new face of radio, the future of the format..." and picked by the Los Angeles Daily News as the "Radio Show of the Week, always entertaining.." (June 21, 2000) ;

▪Author of "You Can't Say That" on
Alyson Press (July, 2004)

▪Contributor to Billboard Magazine;

▪Writer for Advocate and Advocate.com

▪Multiple Television appearances including the Woody Fraiser/TNN production "The Ultimate Revenge";

▪Debuted as a comic in the Belly Room of the Comedy Store on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, CA.;
Freelance feature writer for The Orange Country Register (daily), The Long Beach Press Telegram (daily), Genre (monthly) and hundreds of smaller outlets and columnist for Advocate.com, In Mag LA, Gay Web Monkey and more;

▪Co-wrote a song for the film "Just One Time" from acclaimed director Lane Janger for Summer 2000 release;

▪Co-wrote the International Press Academy's 1999 Golden Satellite Awards at the Beverly Hilton, and hosted the event broadcast in several countries;

▪Co-wrote the treatments for two major videos for A&M Records by Vesta Williams;

▪Co-wrote and produced three videos for himself and headed the film production;

▪Released two singles executive produced by Jellybean Benitez on Jellybean's label in 1997-98;

▪Recorded and released successful independent album in 1995 with top name producers and vocalists;

▪Emceed and hosted over 100 prestigious and televised events in 1999-2000 including the IPA Awards (televised internationally), and West Hollywood Pride Parade (Los Angeles market);

▪Appeared in interviews on every major network ;

▪Co-authored several screenplays and novels currently in development;

▪Guest speaker/lecturer for Mensa 1999 national convention, workshops on long-term relationships, lectures on the entertainment industry including recording, artist commentary and radio perspectives.

▪Karel started his career on the opposite side of the business, working as a music journalist, photographer and publicist for some of the biggest magazines and artists in R&B music. A student of theatre, performing was a natural progression for him. After session and demo work, he enlisted the help of contacts made over the years to create his own project. He released four singles and an album independently, on his own record label to rousing success. He worked with incredible writers and producers, including Eddie Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland), Steve Bronski (Bronski Beat), The Factory Team (Mauro Farina) and Thea Austin (Snap!, "Rhythm Is A Dancer").

Those projects were featured in all major national sales outlets and gained him media and public acclaim. His first album is still a strong seller and received many honors and was named to over 10 "Best Of" lists for 1995. Live performances followed, where he opened for and/or performed with the brightest artists in Dance music, including Grace Jones, Crystal Waters, RuPaul, Bronski Beat, Thea Austin and many more. It was on the tour circuit that he came to the attention of Jellybean Benitez (who produced hits for Madonna and a musical who's who) and Jellybean immediately signed Karel to his label, Jellybean Recordings.

To date, Karel has released two projects on Jellybean Recordings ("I Am" and "Take Your Heartache Away") with Jellybean serving as Executive Producer. Being a visual artist, Karel has starred in three music videos to support his musical releases, two of which he produced himself ("I Am" and "Live To Tell"). His strong mixture of comedy and music on stage made him a natural for comedy clubs and he made his debut at the prestigious Comedy Store on Sunset in Hollywood, CA as one of the headliners in the Belly Room. He started appearing as a regular guest on a L. A. radio morning show, and soon had his own weekly talk show on air entitled "Different After Dark."

That show became a critical success and boasted many top name celebrity interviews. Karel again proved that if his talent was challenged, it would rise to the occasion. He, along with his partner Andrew Howard, went on to become the first openly gay male couple to host a major market radio show in drive time when KFI AM 640 put them on daily from 4pm to 7pm in 1999. The duo quickly beat their competition at KABC 790 and even gathered weekly total audiences comparable to Tom Leykis on KLSX.

They continued at KFI daily from 7pm to 9pm and gathered a huge following. Then in May of 2001 Karel's life-and-on-air-partner of 12 years, Andrew Howard, died unexpectedly. Karel quickly had to regroup and rise to yet another challenge: to go on in radio alone. He did, quickly landing back on KFI in weekend afternoon drive. The show was in the same vein as the previous, it wasn't a gay show, but a topical one. Karel has been involved in every breaking news story, from the Elian Gonzalez spectacle in Miami to the shooting at the Jewish Community Center in California. Karel has also done uniquely entertaining spots live, including posing as a homeless person panhandling, working a drive-thru at McDonald's and other such over-the-top antics. Karel left KFI and took an on-air position at KGO AM 810, an ABC station and the #1 station in Northern California. His show quickly became the #1 rated talk show in its time slot and has remained on top consistently. KGO is #1 in the market overall, and #1 in Northern California overall.

On top of all of this, he continues performing live, and has taken time to author his first book, "You Can't Say That" published by Alyson Publications with a release date of July 2004. He has also co-authored "Out West" a hysterical stage play, as well as co-authored several works with Andrew Howard including the autobiographical "Guarded Optimism." He is also producing several film and stage projects written by Andrew Howard. He continues contributing to Billboard Magazine as well as Advocate.com, The Orange County/Long Beach Blade and Orange Coast Magazine. Karel continues to be tied to technology, maintaining presidency of Tres Creative, a web design, multi-media, film and video production firm. A huge fan of digital technology, he keeps cutting edge and uses the new tools to progress the goals of the company and to guide his career. He even contributes a "Mac Daddy" segment to Adelphia Cable's "Tech Link" TV (naitonal) and does the segments on his radio show as well.

Through thousands of live performances (both musical and theatrical), hundreds of hours on radio and a series of acclaimed record releases, Karel is proving to be an unshakable force in today's entertainment industry and will be one of the most enduring stars of the future, no matter what the medium. The next step? Film, television, Internet...