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Joel Jeffrey is a stand-up comedian, published author , and radio personality based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Early life
Joel was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and attended Buena Vista elementary school and Aden Bowman Collegiate high school.

Career
Joel began his show business career in 2001 after attending Western Academy Broadcasting College. He got his start in radio at Rawlco Radio in Saskatoon hosting all-night shows on both C95 and Rock 102.

In 2003, Joel moved to Calgary, Alberta and began hosting the midday show on The Eagle 100.9. He was promoted to The Eagle's PM drive host and music director in 2004, and then program director and morning show host in 2005.

In 2006, Joel moved from Calgary back to Saskatoon to host the PM drive on Hot 93.7.

In 2008, he moved to Kelowna, BC from Saskatoon to help launch Kelowna's Classic Rock station, K 96.3. Joel hosted the K 96.3 midday show and was music director.

In 2009, Joel began his stand-up comedy career at Yuk Yuks in Kelowna at a cancer fundraiser and continues to headline at Yuk Yuks across Canada (ie: Yorkton, Prince Albert , Saskatoon , etc.). He also continues to headline his own shows or co-headline shows (Comedy Crawl ) and open for comedians like Kevin McGrath.

In 2010, he left the airwaves to move back to Saskatoon to help take care of his mom after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

In 2012, Joel was hired by Harvard Media on Wired 96.3 to host the swing shift and was promoted to the morning show after the station flipped formats to 96.3 Cruz FM.

In 2017, he retired from the radio to pursue full-time stand-up comedy - continuing under the stage name, "Joel Jeffrey".

In 2019, Joel was discovered by MacIntyre Purcell Publishing who recruited him to write "The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book", which would go on to be a best-seller in Saskatchewan.

In his stand-up comedy career, Joel has opened for comedy greats like the late Mike MacDonald, Tommy Savitt , Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole.

Radio
Joel has hosted several number one ranked radio shows at The Eagle 100.9 in Okotoks, K963 in Kelowna, and 96.3 Cruz FM in Saskatoon.

Joel was nominated twice for Morning Show Personality of the Year, Medium Market at Canadian Music Week's Industry Awards (in 2014 and 2017 ) while co-hosting the Stacie and Joel Morning Show at 96.3 Cruz FM in Saskatoon.

Joke book
On 2020, Joel's book "The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book" became a number one best seller in Saskatchewan, outselling books like "Greenlights" by Matthew McConaughey, "Burke's Law" by Brian Burke, and "Beauties" by James Duthie. The "Great Saskatchewan Joke Book" also ranked in Amazon's top 25 books in Canada in Puns & Wordplay.

Twitter
Joel is known for his large following as @JoelJeffrey on X (formerly known as Twitter). Joel's jokes on X have been shared on the internet tens of millions of times and are constantly being featured on websites like Comedy Central, Reader's Digest , Huffington Post , Buzzfeed , etc.

In 2020, Twitter requested use of one of Joel's jokes for an international advertising campaign for Valentine's Day on billboards around the world which was seen by millions of people.

Personal life
Joel got married in 2013. He and his wife have 2 boys together.