David Mostoway (born 1938 in

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), known on-air as Duff Roman, is a Canadian radio personality and executive"Duff Roman (1938-)"

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. who was named by the

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as the winner of the

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at the

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for his contributions to the Canadian music industry.

Radio career

He worked as an on-air personality for a variety of radio stations in Western Canada before moving to

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, where he became most famously associated with

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. He was promoted to program director of the station in 1974, and to operations manager of the station in 1984. As operations manager, he oversaw the station's transition to an

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program format which made it the most listened-to station in the Toronto radio market. In the 1990s he became vice-president of industry affairs for

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. During the 1990s, he served as chairman of the

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, and oversaw Digital Radio Research, a joint consortium of the CAB and the

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to review and develop policy around the emergence and development of

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in Canada.

Music industry

He was the head of Roman Records, an independent record label most noted for releasing early singles by The Hawks,

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and

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. He was also a producer of recordings for the label, credited as David Mostoway. One of the bands that he managed were

Awards

In addition to the Walt Grealis Award, Roman was inducted into the

Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2006."Duff Roman entering Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame"
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'', March 1, 2006.

References

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