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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Rickey Smiley For Real, featuring nationally syndicated radio personality, host and stand-up comedian Rickey Smiley, will premiere a second season tonight, Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p.m. ET on TV One. Rickey Smiley For Real is an unscripted series that takes a humorous look at the hectic life of a nationally-syndicated radio host, stand-up comedian, actor, TV personality […]
Singer Justin Bieber has added to his more than 50 tattoos, this time with a cross on his face. Biebs stopped by West 4th Tattoo Parlor in New York City recently to add to his collection with “a representation of his faith in Jesus.” Bieber is on tour promoting Purpose, his latest album released in November 2015. […]
Just moments ago, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, asking a federal court to agree that the state’s “bathroom law” is not discriminatory. In the complaint, McCrory alleges the federal government is guilty of “baseless and blatant overreach.” McCrory was required to respond to the Justice Department’s request that he abandon the […]
Today is the 65th annual National Day of Prayer. The theme this year is “Wake Up America”, emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to return to the God of our Fathers in reverence for His Holy Name. Isaiah 58:1a is the scripture for this year: “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise […]
Donald Trump started as a long-shot candidate of the Republican party, but with a win last night in Indiana is now the party’s presumptive nominee for president. With Ted Cruz dropping out of the race last night and John Kasich calling it quits this morning, Trump celebrates his seventh straight state-wide victory. Trump has won 1,047 […]
via blog.gospelflava.com Donald Lawrence took to Facebook to announce new music coming! Celebrating a birthday today, Lawrence posted on April 29, that we can expect a new single from TriCity late this summer. Read more here
A St. Louis jury awarded $55 million in damages to Gloria Ristesund, who claims using Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder for more than 35 years caused her ovarian cancer. Ristesund’s legal team argued that Johnson & Johnson knew of possible health risks associated with talc, but failed to warn consumers, stating that internal documents show studies connecting […]
Jonathan McReynolds’ latest video “The Way That You Love Me” from his sophomore project Life Music: Stage Two. McReynolds is in the Queen City for Joyfest 2016 on Saturday, May 28 along with Fred Hammond, Marvin Sapp and Erica Campbell.
A federal lawsuit claims that Starbucks regularly uses more ice than beverage in its iced drinks. Alleging that it intentionally does not use the advertised amount of coffee or other liquid in its plastic cups, Stacy Pincus of Chicago, accuses Starbucks of misleading consumers. The lawsuit alleges that an iced beverage advertised at 24 ounces contains […]
Some familiar faces will grace the Fox Network on a new daytime talk show. Four African American pastors will share their unique takes on pop culture, news events and spirituality. The show will be executive produced by Bill Geddie, co-creator and executive producer of ‘The View’ for 17 seasons. ‘The Preachers’ will be hosted by John […]
Last week Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton was filming near the Community School of Davidson and noticed a student throwing a football around. The student just so happened to be wearing his jersey! Newton got the okay from school administration, hopped the fence and surprised the students by taking time to throw the ball around with them! Newton has reportedly […]
The National Assessment of Educational Progress announced today that American high-school senior performance levels in math have declined. Between the years of 2013 to 2015, not only has math performance gone down, but students’ reading achievement has shown no improvement, The results also found a decrease in the percentage of students in private and public schools […]