Charles Garland Robinette (born August 21, 1943 in Boutte, Louisiana) is a journalist in the New Orleans area.

After leaving the TV station, Robinette served as head of public relations for Freeport-McMoRan in New Orleans before starting his own firm.

As the storm made landfall radio station WWL was the only broadcast media in New Orleans able to continue operating during the disaster.

Robinette was broadcasting from a hastily thrown together set-up in a closet of the WWL studios after the high rise building windows blew out.

[5][6] Robinette is one of the interview subjects in When the Levees Broke, the 2006 Spike Lee documentary about the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans.