Moses Znaimer (born 1942) is the founder and creative visionary behind Toronto's first independent television station, CityTV.

Born in the city of Kulab, in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, Moses Znaimer fled his home country at an early age; settling first in Shanghai, China, and ultimately ending up in Montreal, Canada in 1948. He was educated in Montreal, attending McGill University, earning a BA in Philosophy and Politics, and later attending Harvard University, earning his MA in Government.

Znaimer's career in broadcasting began when he joined the CBC in the early 1960's. He became well known for his work as host of CBC Radio's Cross-Country Check Up, as well as co-host of CBC Television's Take Thirty, with Adrienne Clarkson. After being denied the opportunity to persue his creative vision at the CBC, Znaimer quit and went into private broadcasting. Since all the VHF licenses in Toronto were taken, he began the city's first UHF station, channel 79 (later channel 57), CityTV in 1972. From the very beginning, CityTV definted a completely new philosophy in broadcasting. The station first endeared itself to the conservative citizenry of Toronto by broadcasting soft-core pornography, known as Baby Blue movies, in its late-night schedule. However, it was the station's commitment to revolutionizing the way television was presented as a whole that earned CityTV its reputation over the years. The format of City's programming has always emphasized the diversity of cultures and backgrounds that has been a part of Toronto in the latter part of the 20th century. City's format was also unique in that its programming schedule, in the beginning, consisted of news, movies, and music, and nothing else.

In 1981 CityTV's success prompted Toronto-based media conglomerate CHUM Limited to purchase the station, and Moses Znaimer was created vice-president of CHUM, and named executive producer for all of City's programming. By 1984 Znaimer's vision of a 24-hour music video station was realized with the creation of MuchMusic. Much like City, MuchMusic emphasized the liveness and spontaneity of television, relying largely on hand-held cameras, and impromptu shots of VJ's taken just about anywhere in the CHUM-CITY offices. The radical move of changing a studio's "backstage" into the foreground is one of Znaimer's chief legacies as executive producer. A similar venture, MusiquePlus in Montreal, catering to the French speaking audiences of Canada, was launched in 1986. In 1988 Znaimer purchased a derelict bible-factory in Toronto's downtown west end, which became the CHUM-City Building, a media centre like no other.

Throughout the 1990's, Znaimer presided over a tremendous expansion of the CHUM-City media empire. Bravo was launched as a new style arts channel in 1995, and Space: The Imagination Station in 1997. He continued his original vision for television with the launching of North America's first 24-hour local news station, CablePulse 24 in 1998. The advent of the age of digital satellite provided Znaimer with the opportunity to oversee the development of still more media channels. These included: Canadian Learning Television, Star, Drive-In Classics, FashionTelevision - The Channel, BookTelevision, CourtTV Canada, SexTV - The Channel, MuchLoud, MuchVibe. He also oversaw the expansion of his original station in 2002 with the launch of sister-station CityTV Vancouver.

Moses Znaimer resigned from his managerial role at CityTV and CHUM Limited in April of 2003, but has stayed on in certain production roles.