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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My Block/Columbia Records duo, WE tv stars Mary Mary have closed out the month of June with a bang. The ladies, who kicked off Black Music Month on the cover of Ebony Magazine’s June issue, took home the BET Award for Best Gospel Group during last evening’s live telecast of the BET Awards. The win […]
via blog.gospelflava.com The music of Pastor Andrae Crouch was celebrated during the 26th Annual Rhythm and Soul Awards presented by ASCAP on June 27th. Pastor Crouch’s composition, Let the Church Say Amen was lauded as ASCAP’s Top Gospel Song in 2012.
According to Global Grind George Zimmerman’s attorney Don West’s daughter posted a pic that at best wasn’t in good taste. Molly West Instagrammed the above photo with her dad this week with the caption: We beat stupidity celebration cones #zimmerman #defense #dadkilledit Global Grind comments “Let’s not even get into how inappropriate this is. But, let’s note […]
Forbes 100 most powerful celeb’s list is out, and Oprah is back on top! A resurgence of her OWN network, and an apparent great job at managing her assets returns her to the number one spot after dropping off for a couple of years. She made 77 million is between June ’12 and June ’13. […]
via blog.gospelflava.com Congratulation to Elder A. Jeffrey LaValley on receiving the Roland Carter Living Legend in Church Music Award at this year’s Hampton University Ministers, Choir Directors and Organists Conference in early June. LaValley’s composition of Revelation 19:1 (Hallelujah, Salvation & Glory) was included in the recently released Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal published by […]
Charlotte mayor, Anthony Foxx was unanimously confirmed by the Senate today as Transportation Secretary. His responsibilities include the agencies that regulate the nation’s aviation, rail, transit and highway systems, as well as auto safety.
via blog.gospelflava.com Reverence Gospel Media, a new production company in Hollywood announced their first feature film, “I’m In Love With A Church Girl” will open domestically on October 18, 2013 and will follow with an international release. GRAMMY Award Winning Gospel star Israel Houghton serves as producer and contributed to the film’s soundtrack. The film […]
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West recently welcomed their baby girl, reportedly named North, into the world and of course the dash is on for pics of her royal direction-ness. Well, Kardashian aware that an photos of her baby are a major money-making opportunity for some has taken matters into her own hands to prevent any […]
Photos of shooting victim Trayvon Martin were shown in court on Tuesday, the second day of testimony in the George Zimmerman trial. Jurors saw photos of Martin on a large screen while Sgt. Anthony Raimondo described how he tried to revive the teenager with CPR and by sitting him up to close the exit wound. […]
Nelson Mandela has once again lapsed into critical condition. The former South African leader has been battling a lung infection for the last two weeks at a Pretoria hospital. A government spokesman declined to give more information except to say that his condition is “worse than serious” and that he is “receiving intensive-care treatment.” Mandela […]
Congratulations goes out to Charlotte’s own Northwest School of the Arts as they head to The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Northwest was chosen as one of 10 high schools nationally to participate in the International Thespian Festival. The production has been highly acclaimed and is only the second high school in the country granted the rights […]
via http://www.thedailybeast.com Since 2009 it has been illegal to sentence someone to death based on race in North Carolina. But, since that meant anyone could virtually appeal their death sentence arguing racial discrimination, the law was really getting in the way of North Carolina’s capital punishment, and the state’s Republican lawmakers were not having that. […]