# Duff Roman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Duff_Roman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Duff_Roman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Roman > Source revision: 1303413356 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian radio personality and executive **David Mostoway** [CM](/source/Order_of_Canada) (born 1938 in [Swift Current](/source/Swift_Current), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan)), known on-air as **Duff Roman**, is a Canadian radio personality and executive[1][2] who was named by the [Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences](/source/Canadian_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences) as the winner of the [Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award](/source/Walt_Grealis_Special_Achievement_Award) at the [Juno Awards of 2019](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2019) for his contributions to the Canadian music industry.[3] ## Radio career He worked as an on-air personality for a variety of radio stations in Western Canada before moving to [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), where he became most famously associated with [CHUM-FM](/source/CHUM-FM).[2] He was promoted to program director of the station in 1974, and to operations manager of the station in 1984.[4] As operations manager, he oversaw the station's transition to an [adult contemporary](/source/Adult_contemporary) program format which made it the most listened-to station in the Toronto radio market.[5] In the 1990s he became vice-president of industry affairs for [CHUM Limited](/source/CHUM_Limited).[6] During the 1990s, he served as chairman of the [Canadian Association of Broadcasters](/source/Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters),[7] and oversaw Digital Radio Research, a joint consortium of the CAB and the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) to review and develop policy around the emergence and development of [digital radio](/source/Digital_radio) in Canada.[8] ## Music industry He was the head of [Roman Records](/source/Roman_Records), an independent record label most noted for releasing early singles by [The Hawks](/source/The_Hawks_(band)), [The Paupers](/source/The_Paupers) and [David Clayton-Thomas](/source/David_Clayton-Thomas).[9] He was also a producer of recordings for the label, credited as David Mostoway. One of the bands that he managed were [The Paupers](/source/The_Paupers).[10] ## Awards In addition to the Walt Grealis Award, Roman was inducted into the [Canadian Association of Broadcasters](/source/Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters) Hall of Fame in 2001,[2] and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2006.[11] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "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](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, June 7, 1978. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ccf_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ccf_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ccf_2-2) ["Duff Roman (1938-)"](http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/roman-duff)[Canadian Communications Foundation](/source/Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Former Oakville resident Duff Roman to be honoured at Juno Awards"](https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/9149216-former-oakville-resident-duff-roman-to-be-honoured-at-juno-awards/). *[Inside Halton](/source/Metroland_Media_Group)*, January 29, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Two operations managers appointed at CHUM". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, October 20, 1984. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "CHUM-FM takes top spot in radio ratings". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, November 29, 1985. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "CRTC to boost Canadian content, allow more commercials on FM". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, December 18, 1990. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "CRTC opens radio markets Broadcasters get new rules on multiple licence ownership, but they face new obligations". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, May 1, 1998. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Radio goes digital; A decade in the making, digital audio broadcasting has finally hit the airwaves. Eureka!". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, December 16, 1999. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "On the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart, there's a shrine to Yonge Street's musical history". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, July 4, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["The Paupers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210508102105/http://canadianbands.com/Paupers.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.canadianbands.com/Paupers.html) on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2020-04-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Duff Roman entering Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame"](https://www.insidehalton.com/whatson-story/2914026-duff-roman-entering-canadian-music-industry-hall-of-fame/). *[Burlington Post](/source/Metroland_Media_Group)*, March 1, 2006. ## External links - [Duff Roman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2415287/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Duff Roman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Roman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Roman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.