I was in the car and found 104.5 on the air again, this was around 1426 UTC. I just got home and it's 1515. I did not have a chance to keep track of what was played while in the car. This station is heard no further north than Rocky Hill (following Route 9), no further west than Route 91 in Cromwell or the border of Middletown/Middlefield (via route 66) and no further south than the border of Middletown/Durham (via route 17). My estimation is it is somewhere not far from the Cromwell Crossroads (rt.3 vs rt 372 vs rt. 9)
Signal is stronger than normal, it was clear all the way home, there is usually static spots the further away I get, there were none today.
They must be done with the history if rock & roll program as they are back to the hot 100 program. The format they use has a Jingle (a recent addition) followed by the year and then the chart number (mostly Text To Speech, sometimes sung). This is done every 10 songs. The chart position is said before each song. The entire program seems to be automated but with huge gaps between program elements (up to 5 seconds) instead of regular segues. Differences will be noted.
XXXX [71] 1964-057 - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
1515 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1515 "Countdown 1964 #70"
1515 [70] 1964-056 - Bobby Freeman - C'mon And Swim
1518 [69] 1964-129 - Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
1521 [68] 1964-052 - The Dave Clark Five - Can't You See That She's Mine
1523 [67] 1964-054 - Major Lance - Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
1525 [66] 1964-111 - Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
1528 [65] 1964-068 - Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
1530 [64] 1964-059 - The Honeycombs - Have I The Right
1534 [63] 1964-080 - Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve
1537 [62] 1964-062 - The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side [MATCH!]
1539 [61] 1964-058 - Betty Everett & Jerry Butler - Let It Be Me
1542 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1542 "1964 Countdown #60"
1542 [60] 1964-066 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
1545 [59] 1964-065 - The Serendipity Singers - Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
1548 [58] 1964-047 - The Beatles - She's A Woman
1551 [57] 1964-053 - The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)
1553 [56] 1964-075 - Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love
1556 [55] 1964-064 - Dusty Springfield - Wishin' And Hopin'
1559 [54] 1964-069 - Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
1602 [53] 1964-063 - Little Anthony and the Imperials - Goin' Out Of My Head
1604 [52] 1964-049 - Ronny & The Daytonas - G.T.O.
1607 [51] 1964-078 - Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas - Little Children
1609 "Countdown 1964 #50" [repeated twice, No Jingle]
1609 [50] 1964-055 - Barbara Streisand - People
1613 [49] 1964-045 - Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
1616 [48] 1964-051 - The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk
1618 [47] 1964-048 - Al (He's the King) Hirt - Java
1620 [46] 1964-045 - The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
1623 [45] 1964-044 - The Rip Chords - Little Cobra
1625 [44] 1964-041 - The Dave Clark Five - Because
1627 [43] 1964-050 - Bobby Rydell - Forget Him
1629 [42] 1964-040 - Jan & Dean - The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)
1632 [41] 1964-043 - The Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces
1633 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1633 "1964 Countdown #40"
1633 [40] 1964-037 - The Marketts - Out Of Limits
1636 [39] 1964-031 - Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
1638 [38] 1964-036 - The Murmaids - Popsicles And Icicles
1641 [37] 1964-034 - Terry Stafford - Suspicion!
1643 [36] 1964-038 - Jay & the Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer
1646 [35] 1964-042 - Gale Garnett - We'll Sing In The Sunshine
1649 [34] 1964-032 - The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret
1651 [33] 1964-039 - Ray Charles Singers - Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)
1653 [32] 1964-035 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
1655 [31] 1964-021 - Lorne Green - Ringo
1659 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1659 "Countdown 1964 #30"
1659 [30] 1964-030 - The Zombies - She's Not There [MATCH!]
1701 [29] 1964-033 - The 4 Seasons - Dawn (Go Away)
1704 [28] 1964-028 - Johnny Rivers - Memphis [MATCH!]
1707 [27] 1964-026 - Martha & the Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
1709 [26] 1964-025 - Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
1712 [25] 1964-027 - The Newbeats - Bread And Butter
1714 [24] 1964-029 - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss
1716 [23] 1964-020 - Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love
1720 [22] 1964-024 - The Beatles - Twist And Shout
1722 [21] 1964-023 - The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
1724 "1964 Countdown #20"
1724 [20] 1964-022 - The Beatles - Love Me Do
1727 [19] 1964-016 - The 4 Seasons - Rag Doll
1730 [18] 1964-018 - Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely [MATCH!]
1733 [17] 1964-014 - Mary Wells - My Guy
1736 [16] 1964-006 - The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
1740 15 second pause and then "Countdown 1964" twice {a program error?}
1740 [15] 1964-019 - Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody
1743 [14] 1964-015 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1746 [13] 1964-005 - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
1749 [12] 1964-007 - The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love
1751 [11] 1964-013 - Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
1754 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1754 "Countdown 1964"
1754 [10] 1964-008 - The Beatles - I Feel Fine
1756 [9] 1964-010 - The Beach Boys- I Get Around
1759 [8] 1964-011 - The Supremes - Come See About Me
1802 [7] 1964-017 - Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly
1804 [6] 1964-002 - The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1806 "Countdown 1964 9" {9?}
1806 [5] 1964-004 - The Supremes - Baby Love
1809 [4] 1964-003 - Bobby Vinton - There! I've Said It Again
1810 NOTE: Signal started to cut out a bit for a few seconds, but returned to normal
1811 [3] 1964-012 - The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
1814 [2] 1964-009 - The Beatles - She Loves You
1816 [104.5 FM - Jingle]
1816 "1964 Countdown"
1816 [It's Number 1 1 1 1, Number 1 1 1 1 - Jingle]
1816 [1] 1964-001 - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand [MATCH]
1818 22 seconds of dead air
1818 "Begin Countdown 1970 1970 1970" repeated twice
Ok, sorry, I need to stop here. It's been fun, but I have to eat and do chores.
The chart rankings in the brackets come from 104.5. The chart rankings I use come from the Unofficial Spreadsheet of the Whitburn Project "Billboard Pop ME (1890-2026)" 20260228 edition. I find the difference between the two sources very interesting (who do they use? can anyone tell?)
Topic: UNID 104.5 MHz Stereo 1426 UTC 28, June 2026 (Read 15282 times)