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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Charlotte-based real estate gurus David and Jason Benham are citing a “smear campaign” as the reason their reality show Flip It Forward was dropped by HGTV. HGTV had been filming which was based on the brothers affinity for flipping houses in order to help families in need. However, last week after a month of filming HGTV […]
The U.S. specialist team sent to aid in the search for over 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls is on the ground. Secretary of State John Kerry says they are ready to work with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s team to successfully return the girls to their families and their communities. The girls are believed to be somewhere […]
Sources say Apple is getting close to purchasing headphone maker and music-streaming service Beats Electronics for a breath-taking $3.2 billion. It would be the largest purchase in Apple’s history and many say is a sign that the tech giant is seeking to introduce a music-subscription service. Founded by rapper Dr. Dre and producer Jimmy Iovine, Beats […]
Houston Texans chose Jadeveon Clowney as the first overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft. Clowney, a defensive end from the University of South Carolina is considered to be the most dominating defensive player to come out of college in quite some time. An All-American both years that he played for the Gamecocks, Clowney hails from Rock […]
The White House has announced that the U.S. is preparing to send a team of military and law enforcement personnel to Nigeria to help that government search for 200+ schoolgirls abducted a few weeks ago by Islamic militants. Hostage negotiaters would be among the crew to be sent and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that Secretary of State John […]
Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker is reportedly in talks to direct and act in a supporting role in a movie version of William Paul Young’s book the Shack. The story chronicles a man grieving the loss of his daughter, a victim to a brutal murder. The man, Mackensie, encounters God in the shed where his […]
Texas pastor and author Bishop T.D. Jakes has been invited back to Oprah’s “house”. Bishop Jakes joined Oprah and an audience of women on the OWN network for another Lifeclass that aired on Sunday May 4, 2014. The two first joined forces in 2013 at Jakes’ MegaFest and broke ratings records for the Lifeclass series.
If you’re like me, you’ve seen the social media posts, seen celebrities speak out, caught a glimpse on the news, but perhaps didn’t know what it was really all about. “Bring Back Our Girls” has been in the forefront of news and social media, but for Christian multi-media, this story should take on even more […]