About Melissa Wade

Melissa Wade-Cutler is a native of North Carolina, where she was born and raised. She is the wife of Darryl and the mother of two beautiful children, daughter Darius and son Matthew. She attended the University of Carolina in Chapel Hill where she received her B.A. in Communications. She began her radio career in 1991 at WFXC in Durham. She has also worked with WQOK in Raleigh and WAMO in Pittsburgh, PA as a morning show co-host.

Currently, you can hear Melissa Monday – Friday at the midday from 10am – 3pm on The Light 103.9, where she is widely known as Melissa “Wade in the Water.” Melissa has been on the radio for over 25 years and is well known by her listeners and in the community. You can often find Melissa out in the community speaking at different events or even walking for some of her favorite causes.

Melissa also has a love for the stage and is the Owner/CEO of “Wade in the Water” Productions. She has performed in various plays, and musicals, written and directed her own stage plays as well as others under her business umbrella “Wade In The Water, LLC.” She conducts and acting camp for kids every summer; which teaches and features participating youth in an actual play presentation of acting and dance. You can read more about Melissa and upcoming events on her website at wadeinthewaterproductions.com

Melissa is a Sr. Elder at Kingdom Community International in Bahama, NC, where she oversees the Arts department which includes: dance, step, mime, flag and a drama department.

There will be two ways to pay for using the highway:  Read more….

We all have heard inspirational songs that cross into our prayer life when we need to be inspired and picked up from the every day demands of life. It’s those inspirational songs that we play when we are feeling out of sorts with the world.

Justin Bieber’s hair is officially the stuff of legend: His hair clippings have sold for more than $40,000 on eBay.

TV Guide is reporting that the Sweathogs from 70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” will reunite for a 35th anniversary reunion at the upcoming TV Land Awards in April.  Take a trip down memory lane and check out the Photo Gallery.

Raleigh is among North Carolina’s fastest-growing cities, with a nearly 50 percent increase in residents over the past decade.

A funeral service will be held Thursday for the 3-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet during a gunfight at a Goldsboro apartment complex.  While shooter is still at large.

People.com is reporting that Serena Williams suffered a pulmonary embolism last week that resulted in a hematoma, which had her in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday – the day after she attended both the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party and the Vanity Fair Oscar party. [See photos.] “Monday Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment […]

Will Smith is reportedly attached to a film project titled “Joe,” which is being described as a modern version of the Biblical story of Job.

Superintendent Tony Tata is scheduled to meet with North Carolina NAACP President William Barber at school board headquarters on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh.

Members of the jury that convicted a Raleigh doctor in the September 2009 drunk driving death of ballerina Elena Bright Shapiro said Tuesday they were upset that a more-lengthy sentence wasn’t an option.