As a campus/community station, CJSF strives to provide points of view that are rarely expressed in mainstream media. This includes music that isn't Top-40 and news that isn't on the big media outlets. The station is run by a small paid staff, several volunteer department coordinators and over 150 general volunteers drawn from the campus of Simon Fraser University and the community at large. As a non-commercial station, CJSF takes pride in being an alternative to mainstream media and offers the public a forum for expressing points of view that otherwise may not be heard.