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Beatrice Thompson is a broadcast television and radio personality in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area. [1] Thompson has been described as "The best talk talent in Charlotte, which has unusually strong hosts for a city its size." [2]

Thompson works for two CBS radio stations, WBAV 101.9 FM and WPEG Power 98FM, as a talk show host and as a news and public affairs director. [3] She was Charlotte's first African-American woman newscaster. She joined WBTV in Charlotte as a news anchor in 1980. [4]

Her 1999 dispute with a former employer was described in the documentary film "Local News" about the banality of local TV news. [5] Protesters claimed that attempts to induce her to resign were racist. [5] She was inducted into the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women's Hall of Fame in 2012. [3] Thompson is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina.

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