Press Statements

2023 is showtime on OFM! This means glitz, glam and, as always, fun and games that make our listeners win … big time!

We, along with participating advertisers, are giving our loyal listeners the chance to win R5 000 a day from 13 February to 10 March 2023.

OFM’s very own Shandor Potgieter, the host of the Good Morning Breakfast Show, 06:00 to 09:00 on weekdays, will take on the K-Way SkyRun 100 race to raise funds for the Reach for a Dream Foundation.

The SkyRun will take place in the remote terrain of the Witteberg mountain range in the Eastern Free State on 19 November 2022.

Shandor’s fundraising goal is R100 000. Donations start at R1 000 per kilometre.

Central Media Group – Central South Africa’s leading media and Entertainment Company, specializing in broadcasting, new media, and publishing – celebrates ten years in 2022.

It was in 2012 that Central Media Group (CMG) was born, from the historic Radio Oranje and Seyalemoya Communications.

CMG now consists of OFM, Digital Platforms, and Mahareng Media and Advertising.

Winning the Best of Bloemfontein in the Bloemfontein Courant’s Reader’s Choice Awards 2022 for Best Local Radio Station, Best Local Radio Show and Best Local Radio Personality, OFM has once again shown that, in the words of presenter Yolanda Maartens, the radio station goes with the people of Bloemfontein “in their cars, at their desks at work, to sing along to in their showers, to spread joy when someone is sad, to bring memories back and to create new ones”.

OFM, the sound of your life, has once again signed on as the official media partner of the North West Dragons men’s cricket team.

As their media partner, OFM will cover the Dragons’ 2022/23 season with team news, results, information on upcoming matches, and interviews with players.

OFM is trots om aan te kondig dat ons 100% Afrikaanse aanlynstroom, OFM Stasie2, sy eerste aanbieder aangestel het.

From Monday 3 October 2022, lunchtime on OFM will sound a little different… That’s because Pulane Nel-Sekepe, previously known to OFM audiences as a presenter on The Real Good Weekend on OFM on Saturday afternoons, steps into the role of At Lunch presenter from 12:00 to 15:00, Mondays to Fridays.

OFM, the sound of your life, lends its voice to “One Festival, Many Stories” by coming on board as a media partner of Central South Africa’s premier arts festival, the Vrystaat Arts Festival.

This arts festival takes place on the University of the Free State’s Bloemfontein campus from Sunday, 2 October to Saturday, 8 October 2022.

OFM, the Sound of Your Life in Central South Africa, has “again signed” as a media partner and sponsor of Central South Africa’s domestic cricket team, the Knights, for the 2022-23 South African domestic season.

While sales of the OFM # BakkieArm sleeve steadily progressing for the benefit of the Agri Securitas Trust Fund, The Sound of Your Life also had listeners entertained on the morning of 15 June 2022, with the release of an original song in celebration of the # BakkieArm.