NRJ Bordeaux

NRJ Bordeaux is a franchise of the biggest hit-music network in France, and it wears that pedigree lightly. The playlist is unapologetically pop: Dua Lipa, Aya Nakamura, David Guetta, the songs you'd hear in any Bordeaux bar on a Saturday night. No deep cuts, no crate-digging. That's the deal. What makes it local is the ads, the traffic for the rocade, the weather for the Gironde, and the odd bit of Bordeaux chat between tracks. Otherwise it's the NRJ format: tight, polished, relentless. Plenty of radio in France aims artsier. This one aims at the charts. If you want a station that surprises y…