O.J. Sikes was a Western music historian and nationally syndicated reviewer of Western music whose reviews
appeared regularly in "Western Clippings", "Rope Burns", "The Round-up", "The Western Way" and on a number of web sites.    Beginning in 1982 and continuing well into the 2000's, he reviewed Western music, first for "Under Western Skies", a film magazine, when virtually no one else was reviewing Western music. Later, he wrote reviews for "Song of the West", a music magazine. His articles on Western music and its history, have also been published in all of these periodicals and in Cowboy" magazine, "American Cowboy" magazine and "Classic Country & Western" magazine.
   He has written liner notes for a number of CD's, including Gene Autry's 25 Cowboy Classics, Rex Allen's The Voice of the West, the Cass County Boys' Ride Ranger Ride, Monte Hale's The Real Monte and others. He was also a frequent panelist at Western music and film festivals.
   O.J. enjoyed both western and country music as a small boy in N.C., and later, in 1960, became a Sons of the Pioneers fan when he saw the group perform in the Colorado Rockies. In college in Nashville, he visited the Grand Ole Opry frequently, where he was introduced to the music of Patsy Cline, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Marty Robbins, and other legendary country performers. These experiences became the roots of what became a life-long hobby. 
  In 2001, upon retirement from his 30-year carer with the United Nations, he began a radio show, "Western Music Time,"  which features music and stories "from the days of the silver screen cowboys," and includes contemporary Western music as well. The show reaches a wide range of listeners, from office workers to truck drivers, from members of the armed forces on duty overseas to wranglers gathered around a computer in the bunkhouse. In 2010, “Western Music Time” was voted Show of the Year by the members of the International Western Music Association. He served for many years with Johnny Western, Rex Allen, Jr., Roy Rogers, Jr. and others on the International Western Music Association's Advisory Board, and in 2022 was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.

Talents: DJ - Radio - Music

Awards:

• 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
• 2011 President's Award
• 2010 Radio DJ / Radio Program of the Year
• 1994 Bill Wiley Award