Maggie Polsean returns to Rockford morning news with 23 WIFR

By Kevin Haas
Rock River Current
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ROCKFORD — A familiar face to morning news broadcasts in Rockford will return to the airwaves later this month.

Maggie Polsean will join Andy Gannon and Aaron Wilson on 23 WIFR.

“I’m thrilled to be joining such a talented and dynamic team,” Polsean said in a news release. “From starting my journalism career at WIFR as an intern to now being an anchor, it is a full-circle moment that I am incredibly thankful for.”

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Polsean, who spent nearly three years as a morning anchor with 13 WREX, starts as a morning anchor with WIFR News this Morning on June 17.

Polsean was raised in Rockford and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She started in television news career in 2017 as an intern for 23 WIFR before being hired full-time as a multimedia journalist and producer. She was then with WREX from late 2019 through fall 2022 before joining the marketing group Chartwell Agency.

“Maggie’s knowledge and love of the Rockford region, her passion for journalism and her enthusiastic spirit are a welcome addition to the WIFR news team,” Maggie Hradecky, WIFR news director, said in a news release. “I couldn’t think of a better choice to join Andy and Aaron in the mornings.”

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Polsean lives Rockford region with her husband, Ben.

WIFR is part of Gray Television, a subsidiary of Gray Media Group, which operates 180 stations across 114 markets in the U.S.

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