WCCO radio hires former KSTP anchor Vineeta Sawkar to fill Dave Lee's morning slot

WCCO Radio said Monday that it has hired Vineeta Sawkar, a former KSTP-TV anchor, to replace longtime morning host Dave Lee, who retired earlier this year. Sawkar will host ""The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar" weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. The radio station said it conducted an "extensive search" to find a new morning host to follow Lee, who stepped down in April after more than three decades as a fixture in the Twin Cities radio market. Sawkar's background, in contrast, is mostly in television.…