Wayne Rostad
{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}}
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| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| genre = Country
| occupation = Musician, television presenter
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Wayne Victor Rostad, CM (born October 28, 1947, in Ottawa, Ontario){{cite news | title=Wayne Rostad | first=Brian | last=Callahan | publisher=The Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) | date=22 June 2003 | page=B2 }}{{cite news | title=Rambling with Rostad | newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press | date=7 October 2006 | page=G2 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ccma.org/halloffame/hofprofile.cfm?AwardID=807|title=Wayne Rostad biography|work=Canadian Country Music Association|accessdate=1 November 2010}} is a Canadian musician and television presenter.
Career
In 1969, he became a radio host for CJET in Smiths Falls. After this, he worked at CKWS-TV in Kingston, CKBY radio in Ottawa, and CJCN radio in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/ontheroadagain/host.php | publisher=CBC Television | title=Wayne Rostad: Bio | date=June 2006 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106175042/http://www.cbc.ca/ontheroadagain/host.php | archivedate=6 January 2007 | url-status=dead | accessdate=23 October 2018 }}
He moved from broadcasting to music in the 1970s, earning a Juno Award nomination in 1981 and recording several albums to date.
Rostad returned to broadcasting in the 1980s, leading to his most prominent work as host of CBC Television's On the Road Again. During the program's run from 1987 to 2007, he interviewed ordinary people throughout Canada.
Rostad also participates in various charitable events such as telethons for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, among others.
He founded the Gatineau Clog Music Festival which took place at Tucker Lake in Low, Quebec.
Rostad also served as a Canadian Forces Honorary Colonel for the 8 Air Maintenance Squadron.{{cite news | url=http://thecontactnewspaper.cfbtrenton.com/archives/2009/11_February_2009/feb_13_2009/thecontact_feb_13_2009.pdf | title=Fly Past - This Week in Contact | publisher=CFB Trenton | date=13 February 2009 | volume=44 | issue=6 | work=The Contact | page=4 | accessdate=23 October 2018 }}
Personal life
Awards and recognition
- 1981: nominee, Juno Award for Country Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1988: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Host, Interviewer or Anchor (Out Our Way)
- 1990: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Host, Interviewer or Anchor (On the Road Again)
- 1992: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 1994: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Lifestyle Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 1995: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Lifestyle Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 1996: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Lifestyle Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 1999: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Lifestyle or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 2000: nominee, Gemini Award for Best Host in a Lifestyle or Performing Arts Program or Series (On the Road Again)
- 2002: Inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame
- 2003: appointed Member of the Order of Canada
- 2010: inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Album ! width="45"| CAN Country |
| 1979
| Writer of Songs | align="center"| 14 |
| 1984
| Wayne Rostad Again | align="center"| — |
| 1991
| Storyteller | align="center"| — |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
| width="50"| CAN Country
! width="50"| CAN AC |
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| 1972
| "November Rain" | align="center"| 26 | align="center"| 22 | single only |
| 1979
| "Willie Boy" | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| 24 | rowspan="2"| Writer of Songs |
| 1980
| "Rideau Street Queen" | align="center"| 20 | align="center"| — |
| 1981
| "King of Fools" | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| — | rowspan="3"| Wayne Rostad Again |
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| "Summer Rose" | align="center"| 36 | align="center"| — |
| "Again"
| align="center"| 45 | align="center"| — |
| 1991
| "Schubenacadie Tinsmith Man" | align="center"| 17 | align="center"| — | Storyteller |
References
External links
- [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Rostad%2C+Wayne&program=On+the+Road+Again CBC Television: Wayne Rostad profile 2], accessed 19 February 2007
- [https://www.myspace.com/waynerostad Wayne Rostad] on MySpace, accessed 19 February 2007
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Category:Canadian country singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian television hosts
Category:Members of the Order of Canada