He began his career in media working for a local radio station during the 1930s and later as district editor for the Stratford Beacon Herald.
In 1947, he launched CBC Wednesday Night, a three-hour commercial-free block of music, opera, plays, and other high-brow entertainment.
[2] In 1968, Boyle was appointed vice-chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and in August 1975 became its chairman.
Boyle's writing was primarily autobiographical fiction dealing with life in rural southern Ontario during the interwar period.
Two of his books were awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour: Homebrew and Patches in 1964 and Luck of the Irish in 1976.