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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10th grader Akilah Johnson’s drawing was selected from 100,000 submissions for the search engine’s “Doodle 4 Google” competition. Titled “My Afrocentric Life”, Johnson designed the winning entry using just crayons, colored pencils and Sharpies. Colorful symbolism of black life – and black power – illustrate and spells out the word “Google.” Google’s Doodle competition this year was about […]
Jeremy Lin is encourages students and users of tutoring platform Khan Academy by sharing some of his personal challenges. Lin encourages math student to persevere saying, “After my first year in the NBA I got cut by two different teams and I remember at that point I was pretty discouraged. I was considering quitting or taking […]
Kirk Franklin has announced additional dates for the 20 Years In One Night Tour. Still no Charlotte, but coming nearby to Durham, NC. 20 Years in One Night Tour Schedule – Summer Leg: June 3rd Augusta, GA James Brown Arena June 4th Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center June 5th […]
A Memphis man was arrested yesterday after bringing two guns to Easter Service on Sunday. 31-year-old Marcus Donald entered Bellevue Baptist Church yesterday, packing a loaded 40 caliber Beretta in the pocket of his pants and a 300 Blackout Assault Rifle in a backpack. A security guard was able to spot and disarm Donald before calling the Memphis Police Department. […]
Actress/activist Jada Pinkett Smith invited Maryland Senator Catherine Pugh to Palm Sunday service at Macedonia Baptist Church. Pugh is in the running for mayor of Baltimore and following services, a community forum was held. Read more here.
Dietrick Haddon drops a new video, “Sinners (Saved By Grace) Remix” along with Rap Legend, Big Boi. It was originally releases as a song from Haddon’s 2015 album release, Masterpiece, and now serves as the theme song for Bounce TV’s hit show Saints & Sinners.
Hulk Hogan recently took to Twitter to thank God for his court victory against celebrity news outlet Gawker. Hogan had sued Gawker founder Nick Denton and former editor A.J. Daulerio for violating his privacy by posting a snippet of a sex tape. Six jurors said that Gawker was liable for $15 million in punitive […]
Homegoing arrangements have been announced for Daryl Coley who passed away last week. Services will be held at 1pm on April 2, 2016 at the City of Refuge in Los Angeles where Bishop Noel Jones is pastor. The service will be live streamed.
Jeb Bush endorsed former rival Ted Cruz early today, calling the Texas senator “a principled conservative.” Bush, suspended his own presidential campaign about a month ago, warned against supporting Republican front-runner Donald Trump, calling him a “bully” and “not a conservative.”
LeAndria Johnson is set to drop new music. The featured song from her forthcoming album is “Better Days”. She sings it here at a press event for Preachers of Atlanta.
With smooth vocal texture, and lyrics that inspire, there’s little, if any, denying that Dayna Caddell is one to watch. As a Grammy® and Dove award nominated songwriter, for the release of “Every Prayer,” featuring Israel Houghton and Mary Mary, and co-writer for Ricardo Sanchez’s “Power of the Cross,” and Dave Hollister’s, “Wish You Well,” […]
Last night FOX debuted THE PASSION, a two-hour musical event, aired LIVE from New Orleans. The Passion tells the 2000-year-old story of the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life on earth. Hosted and narrated by actor, writer, producer, director and New Orleans native Tyler Perry (“The Haves and The Have Nots,” “Gone Girl”), the special featured […]