Nostalgie Menton / Monaco

Nostalgie Menton / Monaco is the Côte d'Azur's reminder that the best pop songs were written before most of us were born. The playlist runs from French chanson to Anglo-American oldies: Jacques Dutronc's deadpan swing, Barbara at her most devastating, Téléphone when they still sounded like a garage band. Then a Fleetwood Mac track, then something by Claude Nougaro. It shouldn't hang together. It does. The station serves Menton and Monaco, so the tone stays sunlit and easygoing. Daytime leans gentle, all acoustic corners and soft brass. Afternoons push harder into the 80s, which is where this s…