Kolter Bouchard
Kolter Bouchard (born 1991) is a Canadian radio and online personality based in Toronto. He co-hosted the afternoon drive program on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge) from late 2018 until March 2024, first with Meredith Geddes and from May 2023 with Casey-Jo Loos.[1] Bouchard was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2020 when he was in his late twenties and is in remission.[2]
Bouchard left Corus and CFNY in March 2024 to become a full-time content developer. Bouchard has a TikTok following of 589,000 and another 272,000 on Instagram.[3] He and his wife, Dominique Bouchard, co-founded digital production agency Symal Creative[4] and co-host a relationships podcast, Playing House.[5]
He is a graduate of the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[6] While at Ryerson, he was a host on campus radio station CKLN-FM and also a member of its board of directors.[7]
After graduating, Bouchard worked as the morning host on CJDC-AM in Dawson Creek, British Columbia from 2013 to 2015 when he went to Dubai to work co-hosting the afternoon drive show on English-language radio station Channel 4 FM for two years. Returning to Ontario, he worked as a fill-in announcer at Rock 95 in Barrie, Ontario and then at Q107 in Toronto until moving to sister station CFNY in 2018.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Casey-Jo Loos heads to 102.1 the Edge". Broadcast Dialogue. May 31, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Ward, Katherine (January 19, 2021). "Toronto-area radio host recounts cancer journey during COVID-19 pandemic". Global News. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Weekly Briefing". Broadcast Dialogue. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ https://www.symalcreative.com/
- ^ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/playing-house/id1717474846
- ^ "Radio host Kolter Bouchard on surviving cancer and a pandemic with his wife by his side". Streets of Toronto. July 11, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Ryerson Radio's internet makeover". The Eyeopener. September 25, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "How Very Kolter Bouchard". Sound Off Podcast. Matt Cundill. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Kolter Bouchard's reinvention". Broadcast Dialogue. August 7, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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