12 Facts About Moses Znaimer

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Moses Znaimer is a Tajik-born Canadian media executive of Jewish descent.

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Moses Znaimer is the co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.

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Moses Znaimer has remarked that the young women flocking to hear him sing the prayers gave him a taste of what it is like to have groupies.

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Moses Znaimer 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.

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In 1981, Toronto-based media conglomerate CHUM Limited purchased Citytv, and Moses Znaimer became vice-president of CHUM and executive producer for all of City's programming.

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Moses Znaimer continued his original vision for television with the launching of Canada's first 24-hour local news station, CablePulse 24 in 1998.

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Moses Znaimer left Citytv and CHUM Limited in April 2003, but stayed on in certain production roles.

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In 2006, Moses Znaimer filed an application with the CRTC to acquire CFMX-FM, a commercial classical music radio station licensed to Cobourg with a rebroadcaster in Toronto.

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Moses Znaimer officially took control of the station in 2008 and rechristened it CFZM.

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Moses Znaimer announced a subsequent deal to acquire web developer Fifty-Plus Net International, with the intention of launching a social networking website similar to MySpace or Facebook but aimed at older adults.

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In 2008, Moses Znaimer officially incorporated ZoomerMedia to operate his new media holdings.

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In 2005, Moses Znaimer received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for his lifetime contributions to broadcasting.