NEW CO-HOST FOR ‘FOOD NEWS HOUR’

Melinda Lee has been named to replace Jackie Olden as co-host of the “Food News Hour,” weekdays from 10:06 to 11 a.m. on KNX-AM (1070).

Lee, who operates a catering service in Malibu, teaches cooking classes and is preparing a cookbook, joins Mel Baldwin for interviews, restaurant reviews, supermarket shopping tips and on-air recipe exchanges.

Olden had been with “KNX Food News Hour” for eight years until leaving last September to join KABC Talkradio.