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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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The Gospel Music Association has announced the hosts of its 47th Annual Dove Awards show.  Christian music artists,  For King & Country and gospel star Tye Tribbett will share hosting dutiesat the show that will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in Nashville. It will be taped and air Sunday, Oct. 16 on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).  Previous Dove hosting duos […]

Monday, a judge signed an order ending a dispute over Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal. The dispute had put the slain civil rights leader’s two sons against their sister.  During a January 2014 board meeting, the brothers, Martin III and Dexter Scott King,  voted 2-1 against their sister, Bernice, to […]

Christian contemporary singer Jamie Grace attended Adele’s concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last week and was called up on stage to sing. In a clip that has now gone viral, Adele loved Jamie’s voice and asked her to keep singing. Following the performance Adele asked her to keep in touch via Twitter. Check out Jamie […]

Both Donnie McClurkin and Israel Houghton had romantic news over the weekend. Israel Houghton got engaged to actress Adrienne Bailon, and reports ran wild following an episode of TBN where it was suggested that McClurkin is engaged to CCM recording artist Nicole Mullen. McClurkin has not confirmed an engagement, but the couple are apparently dating.  Congrats […]

Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) – brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that […]

We chatted with Elevation University City’s Campus Pastor Larry Brey about some exciting things going on at their unique campus this month! Take a listen!

Stellar Gospel Music Award winning recording artist, J.J. Hairston of J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, has added another chapter to his book of success with the launch of his own recording label, JamesTown Music. “I’m excited about the launch of JamesTown Music and the vision God has given me not just for the sound of […]

Congratulations to Travis Greene and wife Jackie, as they and a team of passionate leaders are preparing to launch Forward City Church.  Set to open on August 21, 2016 in Columbia, SC, Forward City accepts the challenge to continually unify the body of Christ. Forward City is described as a diverse church “consisting of people from different […]

The Oprah Winfrey Network announced today it has given an eight-episode series order to The Book of John (working title) from Leftfield Pictures, a weekly one-hour dramedy docu-series featuring the life of John Gray, associate pastor at Joel Osteen’s world-famous Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. The series will join the network’s popular Saturday night programming lineup this […]

Sasha Obama, the 15-year-old daughter of President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, landed a summer gig. No, it wasn’t in the Oval Office, but actually at Nancy’s Restaurant in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.  Using her full first name, Natasha, she reportedly handled the takeout window, the cash register, bussed tables and prepped the for […]

The first full day of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics was a good one for us, the U.S. won five medals. Katie Ledecky broke her own record, winning gold in swimming for the Women’s 400m freestyle and the Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay (swimming) walking away with a gold as well, with Michael Phelps swimming an impressive […]

Some flights have been released after Delta Air Lines grounded all flights worldwide this morning due to a “system outage.” By about 9 a.m. EST, Delta had lifted a few flights and some departures have resumed. The carrier released a statement saying the issue began with a power outage in Atlanta around 2:30 a.m. Flights already in the air […]