CJSF FM is not the typical radio station on the FM dial. The first obvious difference is that is not a commercial-station. The content is not at all like what you would find on rock 101.1 or 96.9 jack or even the CBC radion stations. The news stories featured are not ones that one would typically find on radio or television. Major stories like a war may be mentioned but they are just as likely to have a show about a new local business or smaller community events such as small concerts or art exhibitions.
Now this is a sports and music blog so we should chat about that, and CJSF FM has time allotted in its schedule for these topics. Again though, not the typical or mainstream sports teams and musicians are featured. The music played and the musicians featured are nearly always someone that very few people know about. This isn't the station to find pop music, top 40, rock, or hip hop. You will often hear contemporary art music that SFU music students have composed themselves, as well as some classical and underground jazz selections and other world music.
There is time dedicated to sport and athletics but again its not the big names that you will hear about. (The obvious exception right now would be the Vancouver Canucks who are being featured by every newspaper and media source out there, including traffic radio.) Simon Fraser University has a very successful athletics program and the updates on these team's performance as well as interviews with student athletes are broadcast.
CJSF is a good example of alternative media. The content is drastically different than other radio stations in that there isn't a single topic or theme that the station is based on the way that 100.5 the peak, News 1130 and ALL-Traffic 730 are. The content more closely resembles CBC radion however, CJSF goes further than the CBC does when it comes to finding local, smaller, and/or less mainstream stories to fill its air time with.
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