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 is a graduate of the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).^[4] While at Ryerson, he was a host on campus radio station CKLN-FM and also a member of its board of directors.^[5]

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 Toronto, he worked as a fill-in announcer at Q107 until moving to sister station CFNY in 2018.^[6]

References

1. "Casey-Jo Loos heads to 102.1 the Edge". Broadcast Dialogue. May 31, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
2. Ward, Katherine (January 19, 2021). "Toronto-area radio host recounts cancer journey during COVID-19 pandemic". Global News. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
3. "The Weekly Briefing". Broadcast Dialogue. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
4. "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.
5. "Ryerson Radio's internet makeover". The Eyeopener. September 25, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
6. "How Very Kolter Bouchard". Sound Off Podcast. Matt Cundill. Retrieved March 2, 2024.