Following her first appearance on WBRE, Allen went to WORK in York, Pennsylvania, and was a vocalist on Shorty Fincher's radio show "Prairie Pals." In 1943 she moved to New York City and performed on Denver Darling's "Swing Billies" pseudo-western radio show. In 1944 she became a regular on Zebe Carver's "Hill Country Jamboree" show, which led to an offer of her own show the same year. The half-hour program, "Prairie Stars" on WOV in New York, aired six nights a week and was so popular that "Country Music" magazine named her the most famous country music personality in Manhattan.