Nostalgie Bourg-en-Bresse

Nostalgie Bourg-en-Bresse is the Ain's take on a French institution, and its diet is simple: chanson française, '80s pop, and the kind of hits your parents sang badly at weddings. Sardou, Balavoine, Dalida, Téléphone, a bit of Mylène Farmer after dark. The playlist sticks close to the golden years. French radio rarely does this so cleanly. It's comfort radio. If you want a station that argues with you, keep walking. The format is tight. Jingles, short links, more music than talk. The Bourg-en-Bresse version wears the network's playlist, and that local label matters if you actually live in the…