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 Max Graef
RadioActive Founder / Director
Broadcast Consultant / Installer / Radio Trainer
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Max has spent the last 7 years installing, fixing and giving technical training to staff at community radio stations. He designs and installs low power FM radio stations, PV solar installations and recording studios.
He has spent the last 10 years working with audio equipment as an audio engineer and DJ. He was a founder member of Chicago-based Radios Populares, a group that supports community radio stations in Latin America. He has worked on radio projects in Mali, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Palestine, Chad, Guinea, Cameroon, Madagascar, Brazil and Nepal for UNHCR, EDC, World Education and Internews among others.
From 2002 to 2004, he worked at Kirkegaard Associates, one of the world's top acoustic and audio-visual design companies. Projects included the Royal Festival Hall in London, Atlanta Symphony Center and Orchestra Hall in Chicago.
He has a first class degree in Music Systems Engineering specialising in low power FM radio station design from the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Max speaks fluent English and working French, Spanish and Portuguese.
 Mark Benewith
Infomation Technology Specialist, Web Site Designer and Trainer
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Mark recently spent four years working for BBC Bristol managing a variety of systems and networks, from core systems for on-site productions and news to Virtual Private Networks in remote locations for the NHU’s Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Last year he decided to dedicate his time to RadioActive.
Mark has much experience and a wide skillset that encases many systems and technologies. He was involved in the design, setup and development of AfroReggaeDigital – a radio training centre based in a slum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He constructed a network for editing and training and installed and configured the internet broadcast equipment.
During this project he also trained young students in constructing websites, photography and studio setup and now speaks Spanish and Portuguese.
Mark studied Music Systems Engineering at the University of England, Bristol. He spent 8 years there involved in a variety of projects within the Bristol music and culture scene and still tries to find the time to DJ and write some beats wherever he finds himself.
Christi Turner,
Community Radio Coordinator Christi spent four years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Madagascar. With her host community, she created the region's first community managed ecotourist site and protected area, while assisting other local residents and artisans in becoming direct stakeholders in the local ecotourism market. Christi also spent three years coordinating and supervising the development of a community radio station for her village – the first fully solar powered, wholly independent community radio station in the country. She worked with a local NGO to help them to establish a station management committee, seek funding, successfully apply for their community radio licence, establish a programming schedule, develop engaging locally relevant programming, set up listener groups in all the communities within the coverage area and reach a point where the station had various income sources and was entirely self-sufficient. Christi has written proposals and provided project support for the community radio projects of Care (Madagascar) and Blue Ventures (UK/Madagascar). She has also led CR workshops for community groups such as Foko (Madagascar) as well as for Peace Corps Madagascar. Christi has a humanities degree in International Affairs and Foreign Languages, and has lived in Chile and the Dominican Republic as an intern with local human rights projects. She remains committed to grassroots development and conservation in Madagascar and the global community, and to the power of radio as a tool for accomplishing local sustainable development goals. Christi speaks English, Malagasy, French and Spanish.
RadioActive Consultants
In addition to our core staff, we have a team of consultants with different areas of expertise within the development and construction of radio stations, including broadcast engineers, station management specialists and radio production and journalism trainers. If you are interested in joining our team of consultants, please contact us.
RadioActive Volunteers
In addition to our core staff and consultants, we have sent many volunteers to share their expertise at community radio stations around the world. If you are interested in volunteering with RadioActive, please contact us or fill in our volunteer form.
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