Nostalgie Orange

Nostalgie is the French network that built its name on memory, and the Orange franchise carries that mandate without apology. The playlist runs on chanson française and international pop from the '60s through the '80s: Dalida, Claude François, Serge Gainsbourg, then a Fleetwood Mac or Dire Straits track to break it up. It's nostalgic in the most literal sense. You'll hear Johnny Hallyday's 'Que je t'aime' on a Tuesday afternoon and immediately be somewhere else, probably a car, probably 1987. Not everything lands. The playlist can loop hard, and the softer ballads get heavy rotation in the mid…