Moses Znaimer
| Moses Znaimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 75) Kulyab, Tajikistan, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education |
BA (McGill University, M.A.(Harvard University, 1965) |
| Title | President of ZoomerMedia |
| Website | http://www.mosesznaimer.com/ |
Moses Znaimer O.Ont (born 1942) is a co-founder and former head of City, the first independent television station in Toronto, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.
Znaimer was born to Polish and Latvian Jewish parents who had fled the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and relocated to Kulyab in the Soviet republic of Tajikistan. Following the war his family landed in a German Displaced Persons camp, ultimately ending up in Montreal in 1948. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a B.A. in philosophy and politics (and served as president of the McGill Debating Union), and from Harvard University with an M.A. in government in the mid-1960s.
Znaimer's career in broadcasting began when he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in the mid-1960s. He became well known for his work as host of CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup, as well as co-host of CBC Television's Take 30 with Adrienne Clarkson. After being denied the opportunity to pursue his creative vision at the CBC, Znaimer quit and went into private broadcasting.
With all of the VHF television licences in Toronto taken, Znaimer and a partnership applied for and was awarded the city's first UHF broadcasting license, on channel 79. Citytv launched in 1972, and changed frequency to channel 57 in 1983. With Citytv, he gradually began to pioneer a distinctive style of broadcasting, inspired in part by Marshall McLuhan, which emphasized a strongly local, hip and casual format aimed at young audiences.
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