Longest career as a weather forecaster-Dave
Devall sets world record
TORONTO, Canada -- Toronto weather institution
Dave Devall is signing off from CTV News after an astonishing
48 years, 2 months, 27 days on the job-which sets the world
record for the Longest
career as a weather forecaster.
Photo: Dave Devall demonstrates his ability
to draw backward at the CTV studio in Toronto. Photo by Fernando
Morales/The Globe and Mail (enlarge
photo)
"It's kind of weird, to tell you the truth,"
Devall admitted. "I will miss the audience. I guess I'll be
able to walk down the street a month from now and people will
say, 'Dave who?' "
Devall is a Toronto native and while studying
radio and television arts at Ryerson he also served in the
Royal Canadian Air Force, where part of his training included
meteorology.
When CTV Toronto launched in 1961, Devall auditioned
with 2,000 other hopefuls. He was one of six people hired
as a broadcaster.
He had worked at CFPL-TV in London, radio station
CFRB in Toronto and CHEX-TV in Peterborough before joining
CTV.
In
addition to the accolades he has received recently from many
(including Raptor’s star Chris Bosh who filled in for him
during a weather cast), Devall will have a street temporarily
named after him.
A special sign will be put up at the intersection
of Channel Nine Court and McCowan Road in Scarborough, in
advance of his retirement. The sign will stay up for a few
months before it is taken down and formally presented to the
newly retired Devall.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
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