{{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<ref>"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.</ref><ref name=ccf>[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/roman-duff "Duff Roman (1938-)"][[Canadian Association of Broadcasters|Canadian Communications Foundation]].</ref> 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.<ref>[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"]. ''[[Metroland Media Group|Inside Halton]]'', January 29, 2019.</ref>
==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]].<ref name=ccf/> He was promoted to program director of the station in 1974, and to operations manager of the station in 1984.<ref>"Two operations managers appointed at CHUM". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 20, 1984.</ref> 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.<ref>"CHUM-FM takes top spot in radio ratings". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 29, 1985.</ref> In the 1990s he became vice-president of industry affairs for [[CHUM Limited]].<ref>"CRTC to boost Canadian content, allow more commercials on FM". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', December 18, 1990.</ref>
During the 1990s, he served as chairman of the [[Canadian Association of Broadcasters]],<ref>"CRTC opens radio markets Broadcasters get new rules on multiple licence ownership, but they face new obligations". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 1, 1998.</ref> 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.<ref>"Radio goes digital; A decade in the making, digital audio broadcasting has finally hit the airwaves. Eureka!". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', December 16, 1999.</ref>
==Music industry== He was the head of [[Roman Records]], an independent record label most noted for releasing early singles by [[The Hawks (band)|The Hawks]], [[The Paupers]] and [[David Clayton-Thomas]].<ref>"On the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart, there's a shrine to Yonge Street's musical history". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 4, 2018.</ref> He was also a producer of recordings for the label, credited as David Mostoway.
One of the bands that he managed were [[The Paupers]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Awards== In addition to the Walt Grealis Award, Roman was inducted into the [[Canadian Association of Broadcasters]] Hall of Fame in 2001,<ref name=ccf/> and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>[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"]. ''[[Metroland Media Group|Burlington Post]]'', March 1, 2006.</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm2415287}}
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