Chérie FM Rennes

Chérie FM's Rennes outpost does one thing and does it well: soft pop built for the car stereo and the kitchen radio. The playlist runs on French chanson-pop and international ballads, the sort of thing Clara Luciani and Slimane write when they want your guard down. No rap, no hard rock, no surprises. That's the deal, and the audience in Brittany clearly likes it. Mornings lean bright and acoustic; evenings go full romantic, all piano and breathy vocals. The station sits in a long French tradition of proximity radio, the local, familiar kind. Brittany's students have Les Transmusicales for the…