P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

When Radio Stations Had City Songs

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED AS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT

LAST UPDATE 10/25/2025

 Most of city songs were produced by PAMS.

When I was a boy in Portland, Oregon in the 50s and 60s, KEX had a lovely song entitled  Call of the Northwest [lyrics here].

There’s also a version of Call of the Northwest on YouTube.  Thank you, Bruce Murdock, for the link.

Turns out that at least two other Gene Autrey/Golden West Broadcasting stations had a city song:

KSFO’s Sound of San Francisco.

KVI’s Seattle song, Sound of the City.  
(scroll down or search for “sound of the city”

A friend passed along the WMAL Baltimore/Washington song, I Like to be in DC

KFRC San Francisco’s My Town

KFXD Nampa, Idaho Nampa my Nampa

KMPC Los Angeles had two songs. I was only able to find partial versions; if you have the full version, let me know and I will post it.

The Giant Of The West

The Heart Of The Southland





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