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.

A major snow storm could hit the Triangle and surrounding areas early next week, according to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. The way things look now, this could be a significant storm for us coming up out of the Gulf, and that would be Monday, Monday night into Tuesday. Early projections suggest the storm could be […]

Let’s all continue to Elev8 Black Men in 2011.  Kenneth Braswell shares his thoughts on the work ahead in 2011 for the responsible man.  Also check out the inspirational video featuring Nick Canon and Russell Simmons. What does a responsible man look like; sound like, smell like? Is he defined by his walk, or maybe […]

The thousands of birds that fell from the sky just before midnight New Year’s Eve in Arkansas likely died from massive trauma, according to a preliminary report released Monday. The birds, most of which were dead when they were found, were red-winged blackbirds and starlings. They were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about […]

  The average price for gas in North Carolina is back above $3 a gallon, and observers expect it to hit $4 by this summer. Drivers statewide are paying an average of $3.03 for a gallon of regular unleaded, while the national average is $3.07. The WRAL.com FuelTracker puts the average in Raleigh at $3.09 […]

If there had been time, Marie Exley would have liked to start a family. Instead, the 32-year-old Army veteran has less than six months left, which she’ll spend spreading a stark warning: Judgment Day is almost here. Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and websites, independent of churches […]

We can always expect something different from Deitrick Haddon and now he’s back at it again with an album that is certain to catch your attention, “Church on the Moon.” What’s that all about, you might be wondering. Well, the Gospel singer is sharing his vision of the future of the church and the world with his […]

As we approach the end of another year we begin to reflect. It is during these reflections that we come to hard choices and decisions. One of those decisions could surround forgiveness. The dictionary defines forgiveness as the process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, […]

Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyers will reportedly argue Michael Jackson killed himself at a preliminary hearing in the physician’s involuntary manslaughter case next week.

Some area in North Carolina could see anywhere from 1-7 inches of snow.

We got it!  SNOW for Christmas.  Send me your snow pictures so we can post them.  mwade@radio-one.com.  Here are some of mine.