R.I.P.: Charles Reichblum, KDKA's 'Dr. Knowledge' Has Died

Charles Reichblum

Longtime KDKA Radio host, contributor and author Charles Reichblum has died at 95/  Listeners knew him better as “Dr. Knowledge”.

A lifelong native of Pittsburgh, Reichblum grew up listening to the Pirates on KDKA Radio and was a fan of play-by-play announcer Bob Prince.

He lived closed to Prince and introduced himself. That would lead Reichblum into a long career in radio.

Prince gave the then 14-year-old an internship. He was in charge of monitoring the teletype news that would come over the wire. One day he came across a story that would begin another journey for him.

It mentioned at that three of the first five Presidents of the United States all died on the same day, July 4th. They were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson (both died on the same day) and James Monroe.

He went on to Syracuse University, where he became the school’s first play-by-play announcer for football and basketball games.

After school, he was a sports director at a Pittsburgh radio station and started a company that offered weekly syndicated content across the country.

Continuing to amass a large collection of facts, trivia and oddities, Reichblum wrote 12 books with the title “Knowledge in a Nutshell” or “Dr. Knowledge Presents”.

But his magnum opus is “The All-Time Book of Fascinating Facts” which came out a few years ago.

Reichblum said that the book has his “best of the best” in it.

Reichblum was married to his wife Audrey for over 65 years. She became known to KDKA Radio listeners as “Ms. Information”.

He began to appear on KDKA Radio shows frequently in the early 2000s with shows like the late Mike Pintek.

He eventually got his own show, “The Dr. Knowledge Show” that would air on Friday and Saturday overnights on KDKA with his wife.

His daily “Dr. Knowledge Minute” has aired for years on CBS Radio stations across the country.