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TVO Co-Host Argues For Recognition Of Moses Znaimer's Legacy
She served as a host on MuchMusic long before winding up co-hosting The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Nam Kiwanuka recalls her early encounters with City TV mogul Moses Znaimer and argues we don't credit him enough for the style of TV he created in Toronto. (And having encoutered Znaimer several times over my career, I'm sure he'd not-so-humbly agree!)
"Way back before diversity was a buzzword, Znaimer’s Citytv had reporters and anchors on television screens in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s who looked like the people who lived in Toronto. It wasn’t diversity. It wasn’t inclusion. It just was."
Moses Znaimer made Toronto great. Why don’t we talk about him more?
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During my time at Citytv (and the other CHUM properties) we would often be told of some odd, out of the blue, idea that Moses wanted to do. After initially rolling the eyes, and grudgingly going down the path to implement said "idea", I had to admit, after some time, that he was "right once again". A challenging man to deal with, but then, most "visionaries" are. He is certainly due his credit because he did change the face of TV in Toronto and practically "everywhere".
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If I'm not mistaken, wasn't he the first one to make use of the so-called "Eyes of Toronto," those cameras on top of the CN Tower? Now everyone goes to those and similar port cams.
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IIRC the City of Toronto installed two cameras on the CN Tower and one on the Sheraton Centre Hotel (across from City Hall) as part of it's 1984 sesquicentennial celebration. Moses (presumably) had the idea to utilize those cameras on CityPulse News after the celebrations were complete. Following that, Citytv was one of the first, if not the first, to access the City of Toronto traffic cameras and ultimately, the GTA MOT cameras. Still in use today.