OFM has announced that its producers Motlatsi JayBee Makhalemele and Jaco de Waal have been announced as finalists at the 2023 Radio Awards. The duo have been recognized in the Commercial Radio Content Producers category.

Makhalemele is the producer of The Joyride (Mondays to Fridays from 15:00 to 18:00), and De Waal produces the Good Morning Breakfast (Mondays to Fridays 06:00 to 09:00). The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Tuesday, 2 December.

According to OFM’s program manager Tim Thabethe, the nominations are a great recognition for the hard work OFM’s producers put into the two drive programs.

“The nods also showcase the effort that the Good Morning Breakfast and The Joyride put into entertaining audiences across the Free State, Northwest, Northern Cape and Vaal,” adds Thabethe.

“The SA Radio Awards is regarded as the pinnacle acknowledgment of great radio delivery and entertainment to your car radio, home radio or your office radio — judged by our peers. OFM entered amazing content and initiatives this year for the SA Radio Awards. I am super proud of all the entries we submitted,” said OFM CEO Nick Efstathiou.

“I want to congratulate Thabethe and his radio team for the two nominations received. To Jaco de Waal and Motlatsi JayBee Makhalemele, congratulations on being nominated as Best Producers in the Commercial Radio category. The OFM management team are very proud of them,” concludes Efstathiou.