About Melanie Pratt
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 is a baby whose images have been used in memes quite a bit over the last few days. It turns out, the subject of the not-so-nice memes is apparently 9 year old Casey Bardowell. According to a FOX News story, Casey is 9 and suffers from Leukemia and Graft versus Host Disease, caused by […]
92-year-old Harriette Thompson finished the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday to become the oldest woman ever to finish a marathon. Thompson who is a resident of the Queen City completed the race in San Diego in 7hr 24min 36sec. Remarkably, Thompson is a cancer survivor who only began running in her 70’s. Having lost […]
Charlotte, North Carolina. May 2, 2015. Two philatelic (stamp) organizations, the NC Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections (ESPER) and the Friendship Seniors in the Spotlight Stamp Club are partnering with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church’s Women’s New Perspective Ministry and the African American Heritage Ministry to sponsor a stamp dedication ceremony of the recently […]
Congratulations to Randolph Middle School student Akshra Paimagam’s who was among the 49 contestants left standing after the first day of competition at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 234 students were eliminated yesterday and Akshra successfully completed the day’s first round by accurately spelling “camphor”.
There is a text circulating among iPhone users that exploits a bug in the Apple operating system. If you send this text to your friends, it will reset their phone. A very specific string of characters copied and pasted it into a text and sent to a friend, will crash their phone. However, it only works […]
Janelle Monae appeared on the Queen Latifah show late last year, and encourages a young fan.
via fca.org Stephen Curry was named NBA MVP for 2014-15, and is continuing his path of winning with a so-far successful run during this season’s playoffs. Curry, will tell you though that his legacy of winning started long before this, and that at the core was his relationship with God. Curry shared with the Fellowship […]
Tina Campbell’s debut solo album, “It’s Personal”, has finally been released. After missing its original May 7 release date it is now available on iTunes. “It’s Personal” is an independent release by Gee Tree Creative, Teddy and Tina Campbell’s label.
Nevada officials have announced an investigation into the death of B.B. King as a possible homicide. King’s daughters Patty King and Karen Williams allege his aides poisoned him, though police will not launch a formal investigation unless the coroner finds the death was by other than natural causes. King died May 14. His longtime agent […]
The internet was abuzz yesterday amid reports that our First Lady is all natural. And of course we’re not talking about her fit, svelte self. We’re talking about her hair! In an interview with TheRoot.com hairstylist Johnny Wright says Michelle Obama has been completely natural for years now. Detailing that he straightens her hair with […]