Chérie FM Limoges

Chérie FM Limoges trades in soft-focus French pop, the kind of playlist built for the drive home through Haute-Vienne. Think Christophe Maé, Zaz, maybe a little Vanessa Paradis, slotted next to the French-language ballads the network has built its name on. It's not a station chasing edges. It's chasing comfort, and mostly it finds it. Vocals sit up front, guitars stay gentle, and the tempo rarely climbs above a light sway. Some listeners will find that one-note. Fair enough. But the format knows exactly what it's doing, and the local inserts give Limoges a presence the national feed can't. The…