REVIEW: RTN's "Unreliable Sources"
Let me start this off by saying I really wanted to like this show. RTN's Unreliable Sources is a live, hour-long call-in show from 10-11 PM (Central), which means that, in the Evansville market, it's up against the late local news from WFIE and WEHT-1. That time slot, in and of itself, is a deal killer for the show. Most people who are awake at that hour would rather catch the latest news, in my humble opinion. Host Gary Lee Robbins, for his part, does a credible job, aside from a few minor quibbles that I need not go into here. But the production team is the real letdown of the show. Sometimes Robbins can be seen and not heard, sometimes callers are not heard. It does seem Robbins himself is able to hear them, because he answers pretty much every question entirely, whether we hear it or not. Adding insult to injury, at the end of the show, Robbins often gets cut off because he talks too long; whether this is his fault or the director's is beyond me. But it shows on