CJSF

CJSF does what great campus radio should: it ignores the playlists and plays what it wants. Based at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, this station has been championing local indie acts and global sounds for years. Its programming splits between indie rock (think Canadian bands like the Dirty Nil or Wolf Parade) and world music spanning Balkan brass to Afrobeat. The DJs are passionate volunteers, which means occasional rough transitions but a lot of heart. The world music block on Thursday nights is a standout, mixing tracks you'd never find on any algorithm. It's not polished. That's the po…