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Fred Latremouille was born on October 21st 1945 in Nanaimo and his family moved to Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, where his father became director of CBC Radio. There, Fred attended West Van High School, and then Kitsilano High School. His first broadcasting job was with CKYL, a country and western station in Peace River where he moved in 1961 to take the job when he was only sixteen, and still in Grade 11.

There, he read the news and did a morning show. The General Manager thought Latremouille was a bit of a mouthful for a broadcaster, and suggested a change to Fred Lane – but that didn’t last long, and Fred Latremoullle was to remain a name in Western Canada broadcasting for the next 40-plus years. He was known as a “broadcaster’s broadcaster”, for his constant ability to establish a strong bond with his various audiences.

In 1962, after a year of getting his feet wet (so to speak) in Peace River, Fred moved back to Vancouver, and eventually got himself hired by CJOR, where he did the drive-home show from 1962 to 1964, and in the process became the first local DJ to play the Beatles, and the new Motown sound.

In 1964 he moved from CJOR to CFUN, where he only stayed a year, leaving after a disagreement with the program director, Red Robinson, who was later to become a very close friend.

The rest is more history.