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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Social-media company Twitter has won the rights to stream Thursday night NFL games online. The league is reportedly using the deal to reach the growing number of people who no longer subscribe to cable who might be inclined to watch on the internet. Twitter will stream 10 Thursday night football games to the public for free, while […]
Ayesha Curry, is getting her own cooking show on Food Network! Tentatively titled At Home with Ayesha, Curry will be bringing her delicious recipes and healthy eating tips to America’s favorite cooking channel. The gifted cook has her own line of olive oil and is the host of CSN Bay Area’s cooking show, “Cookin’ with the Currys.” She is set […]
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is the latest of governmental leadership to ban government employees’ travel to North Carolina, in response to NC’s new anti-LGBT law. New York, Connecticut, and the cities of San Francisco and Boston drew a line in the sand in the last few weeks. All in response to North Carolina’s law signed last […]
The Ferguson Police Department has hired veteran Miami police officer, Delrish Moss to serve as its new chief. With two decades of experience, Moss hopes to help the St. Louis suburb rebound after the highly publicized 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown. Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said in a statement, “We understand the past […]
via blog.gospelflava.com Fearless, the new CD from Jonathan Nelson makes its debut in the number one spot on the Billboard Gospel chart. The album which marks Nelson’s fifth project was recorded live before a capacity crowd at the Faith Center in Sunrise, Florida last year. Fueled by the hit radio single “Anything Can Happen”, Nelson continues […]
via blog.gospelflava.com Tiff Joy drops “Oh How We Love You” with writing assistance from Phillip Feaster, Angel Feaster and Calvin Rodgers. Check out the video:
Bank of America has extended available paid leave time to its maternity, paternity and adoption policy. Adding four weeks of available parental leave for full- and part-time employees who have been with the bank at least a year, increasing total leave time to sixteen weeks. Bank of America regularly reviews its leave policies, taking into consideration […]
Congratulations to Briana Babineaux and Bryan Andrew Wilson on their engagement! Babineaux took to IG this past weekend to share the news that she and Stellar Nominated Gospel artist, Bryan Andrew Wilson are engaged! Briana had a pretty eventful week as her first project, “Keys to My Heart” released on Friday. She celebrated with an album […]
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. […]