Dave Devall

Radio and Television Arts ’58

In April 2009, two days before his retirement, Dave Devall set the Guinness World Record for the longest career as a weather forecaster. While studying at Ryerson, Mr. Devall served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where part of his training centred on meteorology. After working at CFPL-TV in London, CFRB Radio in Toronto and CHEX-TV in Peterborough, he auditioned, with 2,000 other hopefuls, for CTV Toronto at its launch in 1961. One of six people hired as a broadcaster, he worked for CTV for close to 50 years. Mr. Devall earned a loyal following with his warm personality and such on-screen antics as drawing symbols on a plexiglass screen. In 2007, he was made an honorary colonel of the Canadian Forces Squadron 436 at CFB Trenton.