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Rockford residents might recognize him as the friendly face that greets them every morning on WIFR-23. What they might also recognize is the deep passion that’s kept him here for four decades.

Music is far more than a career path for Kelly Steward and Miles Nielsen. It’s a passion, a way of life, a common thread, and the beginning of a love story that could only happen in a place like Rockford. And neither one of them would change a thing.

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