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 were reports of violence last night at a Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina. Shirley Teter, a 69-year-old protestor, was punched in the face and fell over her oxygen tank before being taken to the hospital. Teter said “Whenever groups of them would start chanting ‘Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump!’ I would chant back, ‘Dump! Dump! Dump! Dump!’ ”At […]
There was quite a bit of excitement last night on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars when two men ran onto the stage toward contestant, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. During the season premiere, security had to storm onto the stage as Lochte, had just finished his performance with partner Cheryl Burke. The men, wearing anti-Lochte T-shirts, jumped […]
The NCAA announced yesterday that it has relocated seven championship events — including early rounds of the men’s basketball tournament scheduled for Greensboro — because of a controversial state law, HB2. HB2 blocks anti-discrimination protections and requires people to use bathrooms corresponding to their birth gender rather than the sex they identify with. Two schools […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes’ new talk show premiers today! The T.D. Jakes Show will include celebrity and non-celebrity guests alike, and today kicks off with “No Excuses” with Army veteran, author and Dancing With The Stars finalist, Noah Galloway. An empowering new daily one-hour talk show, today’s episode encourages us to stop making excuses in life and move forward. Check your local […]
Tamera, Jeannie, Loni and Adrienne are back today as Season 3 of The Real debuts! This season without Tamar, the ladies kick off the season with gospel artist and Adrienne’s fiancé, Israel Houghton! The couple take on their first television interview, reportedly sharing details of their Paris engagement. The show also features R&B star Monica, with fans remixing song in the […]
The first regular season game proved to be too much for the Carolina Panthers. In a 21-20 loss to the Denver Broncos, the Panthers had to leave Mile High Stadium shaking their heads. In a questionable series of head-to-head hits from the Broncos’ defense, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton never got the benefit of a call from […]
Number 1 seeded Serena Williams, lost to the No. 10 seed Karolina Pliskova in the semifinals at the U.S. Open Thursday night. The score was 6-2, 7-6. Her efforts at hitting the record for Grand Slam titles in the Open Era, thwarted, this is the second year in a row that Williams lost in the semifinals […]
Yesterday, 29-year-old activist Darren Seals was found dead in Ferguson, MO. Police said they answered calls reporting a burning car, and found Seals inside with a fatal gunshot wound. Seals was best known as lead in the protests in Ferguson after Michael Brown was killed in 2014. Brown, an African-American, was shot and killed by white officer […]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is in the Queen City today. The former Secretary of State will speak at Johnson C. Smith University’s Brayboy Gymnasium at noon. Doors open at 10 a.m. Later today Clinton will attend a fundraiser at the Myers Park home of Robert and Anne Stolz. Clinton says she will continue the […]
In an effort to offer a counter to the negative headlines that flood multi-media channels, Starbucks introduces Upstanders. Upstanders is an original collection of short stories, films and podcasts sharing the experiences of “ordinary people doing extraordinary things to create positive change in their communities.” Produced by Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Upstanders series hopes […]
The contemporary drama “Queen Sugar” chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana: Nova (Rutina Wesley “True Blood”), a world-wide journalist and activist; Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner “Unforgettable”), the savvy wife and manager of an NBA star; and Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe “Awkward”), a formerly incarcerated young father in search […]
Apostle Wayne T. Jackson is set to interview Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Jackson, the founder of the Impact Television Network will conduct the interview at the church he pastors Great Faith Ministries International. Trump’s campaign has requested to see Bishop Jackson’s questions in advance and subsequently prepared an eight-page script, with his projected answers. Representatives for Jackson have […]