In 1964 , Kropf took the name of Tim Taylor , and began his broadcast career . The first ten years of Taylor 's career were spent in radio , including seven years as news director of WHK AM 1420 . It was there that Taylor earned recognition for his live coverage of such historic news events as the second Sam Sheppard trial , the Hough Riots , the Glenville shootout , complete live coverage of the aborted Apollo 13 mission and the Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Tim Taylor (newscaster)