Garland Robinette
Garland Robinette | |
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Garland Robinette in December 2008 by Blake Nelson Boyd. | |
| Born | Charles Garland Robinette August 21, 1943 Boutte, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Radio Host, Television news anchor, visual artist |
| Spouses | Susan Derveloy
(div. 1977) Debra Bresler
(m. 1988, divorced) Nancy Halstead Rhett
(m. 1994) |
Charles Garland Robinette (born August 21, 1943 in Boutte, Louisiana) is a journalist in the New Orleans area. He was recently the host of "The Think Tank" on New Orleans radio station WWL (AM).
Robinette was a news anchor and investigative reporter on New Orleans TV station WWL-TV Channel 4 for twenty years (August 1970 until August 8, 1990). After leaving the TV station, Robinette served as head of public relations for Freeport-McMoRan in New Orleans before starting his own firm. He returned to the media in 2005 on WWL (AM) as a fill-in for David Tyree, a popular host stricken with cancer. The position became permanent when Tyree succumbed several weeks after Hurricane Katrina.