Melanie began her career in radio when she joined the on-air staff at Praise 100.9 in 2006. She is a three-time Stellar Award nominee for Gospel Announcer of the Year, a preliminary judge for BET’s hit show Sunday Best, and has been recognized in Who’s Who in Black Charlotte. In 2013, she was an inaugural recipient of the Stellar Woman of Gospel Award for her contribution behind the scenes in the gospel industry. In 2015, she was awarded the 1st Melvin Crispell Gospel Heritage Award and was recognized as one of ten Most Influential Radio Personalities by the Gospel Music Industry Round-up. And in 2016 she was awarded Radio Show of The Year by the Queen City Music Awards. A self-proclaimed foodie - in particular tacos - and founder of the Foodie Flash Mob, Melanie had the pleasure of serving as judge of the Carolina Food Truck Chow Down. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Harvest Center, a transitional program for the homeless and underserved in Charlotte. Melanie is an ordained Elder in the Life Center Fellowship where she and her husband Bryan, serve as Young Adult Pastors.
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There was quite a bit of excitement last night on ABC’sDancing With The Stars when two men ran onto the stage toward contestant, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. During the season premiere, security had to storm onto the stage as Lochte, had just finished his performance with partner Cheryl Burke. The men, wearing anti-Lochte T-shirts, jumped onto the stage just as judge Carrie Ann Inaba was beginning to critique his performance.
Los Angeles police arrested Sam Sododeh, 48, and Barzeen Soroudi, 40, both of Los Angeles, on trespassing charges. The two men had tickets but reportedly were not wearing the T-shirts when they entered the studio. As they were being taken away by police, on of the men was heard saying, “We want to publicize that this is a bad decision to have a liar be publicized as a star.” Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, was recently banned for 10 months from domestic and international swimming competitions after lying about an incident at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics. – initially saying he was robbed at gunpoint to then recanting and apologizing.
