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.
Facebook: facebook.com/melaniewho
Twitter: @melaniewho
Instagram: @melaniewho1
via blog.gospelflava.com Grammy Award winners The Clark Sisters join R&B singer, songwriter and actress Mary J Blige for a festive rendition of The First Noel, one of 12 tracks on ” A Mary Christmas”. The first holiday album from the award winning singer is produced by legendary front man David Foster and features timeless Christmas […]
JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise are set to record a follow up to their smash release “After This”. In a Live Recording set for November 4th in Bloomfield, CT, guest appearances from Donnie McClurkin, Elder Fondrea Lewis, Karen Clark Sheard, Deon Kipping, VaShawn Mitchell, Jason Nelson are expected!
Congratulations are in order for Darwin and Traci Hobbs as they are expecting! Hobbs took to twitter in announcing their excitement! Darwin Hobbs @darwinhobbs @TraciHobbs and i celebrating tonight as we announced to our family that TRACI IS EXPECTING! GOD IS…instagram.com/p/eOY2k3tioK/ Congrats to the Hobbs! Praying for a healthy, full term pregnancy!
Chef Kev shares creative ways to get more veggies in our diets!
The Radio One Family Comedy Show is coming October 11. To get you in a comedic mood, we’ve got some funnies for you from The Playmakers. They’ve done it again! Just a little laugh for the weekend! Which one is your pastor? Don’t Answer!
Bravo Media has announced the network’s fall premiere slate, which features “Thicker Than Water,” a new docu-series starring Nashville-based Gospel Jazz artist Ben Tankard and his wife Jewel along with their blended and extended family as they live, love and laugh through the perils and pleasures of life, proving that blood is “Thicker Than Water.” […]
I received this letter in my email and asked for some help from KD Bowe in answering it: Dear Melanie, I have a question for you. I discovered that my husband has some money that I didn’t know about. It is in an account that I am aware of, but the money, I didn’t know […]
Praise 100.9 and 92.7 join with the gospel music industry in wishing Dr. Bobby Jones, the Ambassador of Gospel, a very Happy75th Birthday! Dr. Jones has been longstanding host of the “Bobby Jones Gospel Show” on BET. What you may not know is that it was the very first show ever broadcast on BET giving […]
It’s a tight category as the nominees are in for the Soul Train Awards 2013. Is your favorite listed? God Will Make Away – Shirley Caesar If He Did It Before…Same God – Tye Tribbett Life & Favor – John P. Kee & New Life Break Every Chain – Tasha Cobbs Confessions – Lecrae Every Praise – Hezekiah Walker
via gospelflava.com Gospel Mix VI, the new compilation from Billboard’s #1 independent gospel CEO Kerry Douglas debuts at #9 on this week’s Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. “This is the best gospel mix yet,” Douglas says of the 15-track project that features dynamic performances by Tamela Mann, Ruben Studdard, James Fortune & FIYA, and […]
via Martin Williams at http://www.blog.gospelflava.com In a Gospelflava.com Exclusive, James Fortune talks about his recent live recording: I had the opportunity to speak with James after the recording and he simply stated, “I am so grateful to GOD. I wanted this CD to be one that had songs that praise teams and choirs could sing […]