Radio senstion Roy Rogers is in his home town. They're throwing a party in his honor, which gives some bad guys the chance to rob the water company of more than $180,000. The local ranchers have all invested in it because the Red River is being diverted for 'essential manufacturing. This means the company is bust, but Trevor Bardette, who owns a casino just across the state lines has partners who will produce the money to finish construction in return for all the stock. Barber and newspaper owner Gabby Hayes is a leetle mite suspicious, even when a repo agreement is thrown in. He's right.
It's an intelligent script, like most of the Roy Rogers vehicles, a nice variation on the usual B Western story in which a crooked banker is buying up the worthless lands or water shares or such. While the broadcasting bit makes it look like it was originally intended as a Gene Autry vehicle, it's another solid Roger movie, with musical interludes by Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers. With Sally Payne, Gale Storm, and the usual cast and crew.