Miss East Goes West with Jean Rogers: All Star Western Theatre (August 11, 1946)

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“Miss East Goes West with Jean Rogers” is an episode of All Star Western Theatre, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 11, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jane East, a Boston woman, travels west by train to take over the Bar J.E. Ranch near Star City, Texas, which she has inherited from her grandfather. Her cousin Bob runs the ranch, but its cattle keep vanishing, and the crew doubts that an eastern woman can manage it. Jane arrives and meets the hands, including Baldy and Bill Hartman, and begins to look into the losses. The episode is part of the All Star Western Theatre series, first broadcast on August 11, 1946, and features Jean Rogers in the lead role.

Star City, Texas, and the Bar J.E. Ranch, around the turn of the century

Characters: Jane East, Bob, Baldy, Bill Hartman, Jim, Scotty

Listen for: Jane's arrival at the ranch and the men's doubts about her, and the start of the cattle thefts

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.