Nostalgie Toulon

Nostalgie Toulon runs on the French idea that a good song never really ages. The playlist stays close to chanson française and the variété hits that filled transistor radios between the 1960s and the 1980s: Jacques Brel's theatrical drama, Claude François at his most frantic, Téléphone when French rock finally learned to swagger. There's plenty of yé-yé, some disco, and a soft spot for the big-voiced ballads built for kitchen radios, not headphones. It's a nostalgia format, and it's unapologetic about it. No deep cuts, no crate-digging. That's the deal. French radio is crowded with stations ch…