Garland Robinette Artist

Garland Robinette (born in Boutte, Louisiana ca. 1943) is a journalist in the New Orleans area. He currently is 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 (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.