Boss Jock to tv sketch comedy, film and voice-over talent, Bill Reiter

Bill Reiter is a veteran Vancouver broadcaster, comedian, actor, and voice talent whose multifaceted career has spanned over four decades in radio, television, stage, film, and commercial production.

His broadcasting journey began prominently in 1967 at CKLG-FM in Vancouver, where he served as a “Boss Jock” in the station’s late-1960s rock era. That year, he launched and hosted Groovin’ Blue, widely recognized as Canada’s first all-genres Black music radio program, initially airing weekly on Saturday evenings before expanding. Featuring jazz, blues, and New World African music (as Reiter described it), the show helped pioneer underground and progressive formats on CKLG-FM, which later evolved into CFOX-FM.

In 1970, Reiter appeared on the revamped CKVN (formerly CFUN, returning to Top 40), handling weekend shifts amid a lineup that included Fred Latremouille and Terry David Mulligan.

From 1971 to 1975 (with the series running until 1980), he became a key cast member of the wildly surreal CBC Radio comedy Dr. Bundolo’s Pandemonium Medicine Show, produced in Vancouver by Don Kowalchuk and written by Jeffrey Groberman and Dan Thatchuk (later Colin Yardley). Replacing Steve Woodman, Reiter joined regulars like Norm Grohmann, Bill Buck, and Marla Gropper in delivering irreverent, raunchy humor taped before university audiences. The show later transitioned to CBC-TV for two seasons, showcasing Reiter’s comic timing and character work (e.g., roles like The Infamous Vic Vaseline and the Lone Deranger).

In the 1990s, Reiter returned to on-air roles with a jazz/blues program on CKST Vancouver in 1993, followed by stints at CJVB (1995–1997) and CHMB Vancouver from 1999 onward.

Beyond radio hosting, Reiter excelled as a prominent stage and film actor, appearing in projects like The Supreme Kid (1976), Lighthouse (1991), and The Beachcombers.

Reiter’s voice work is extensive: he has voiced over 4,500 radio spots and 300 TV commercials.

Video regarding Reiter’s projects after retirement