Duff Roman
{{Short description|Canadian radio personality and executive}}
David Mostoway {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 1938 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan), known on-air as Duff Roman, is a Canadian radio personality and executive"The Concert in the Sky: is it really a pie in the sky? The latest news on Toronto's craziest rock caper"]. The Globe and Mail, June 7, 1978.[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/roman-duff "Duff Roman (1938-)"]Canadian Communications Foundation. who was named by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as the winner of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the Juno Awards of 2019 for his contributions to the Canadian music industry.[https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/9149216-former-oakville-resident-duff-roman-to-be-honoured-at-juno-awards/ "Former Oakville resident Duff Roman to be honoured at Juno Awards"]. Inside Halton, January 29, 2019.
Radio career
He worked as an on-air personality for a variety of radio stations in Western Canada before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he became most famously associated with CHUM-FM. He was promoted to program director of the station in 1974, and to operations manager of the station in 1984."Two operations managers appointed at CHUM". The Globe and Mail, October 20, 1984. As operations manager, he oversaw the station's transition to an adult contemporary program format which made it the most listened-to station in the Toronto radio market."CHUM-FM takes top spot in radio ratings". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 1985. In the 1990s he became vice-president of industry affairs for CHUM Limited."CRTC to boost Canadian content, allow more commercials on FM". Montreal Gazette, December 18, 1990.
During the 1990s, he served as chairman of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters,"CRTC opens radio markets Broadcasters get new rules on multiple licence ownership, but they face new obligations". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1998. and oversaw Digital Radio Research, a joint consortium of the CAB and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to review and develop policy around the emergence and development of digital radio in Canada."Radio goes digital; A decade in the making, digital audio broadcasting has finally hit the airwaves. Eureka!". Toronto Star, December 16, 1999.
Music industry
He was the head of Roman Records, an independent record label most noted for releasing early singles by The Hawks, The Paupers and David Clayton-Thomas."On the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart, there's a shrine to Yonge Street's musical history". Toronto Star, July 4, 2018. He was also a producer of recordings for the label, credited as David Mostoway.
One of the bands that he managed were The Paupers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canadianbands.com/Paupers.html |title=The Paupers |access-date=2020-04-05 |archive-date=2021-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508102105/http://canadianbands.com/Paupers.html |url-status=dead }}
Awards
In addition to the Walt Grealis Award, Roman was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2006.[https://www.insidehalton.com/whatson-story/2914026-duff-roman-entering-canadian-music-industry-hall-of-fame/ "Duff Roman entering Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame"]. Burlington Post, March 1, 2006.