 In 1962, Parker moved to WBAL-TV, where he hosted such popular televised bowling programs as "Pinbusters" and "Bowling for Dollars" in the 1970s.While at WBAL, he played "P. W. Doodle", a newsboy character he created based on his own experience selling newspapers in Baltimore as a youth.On November 22, 1963, he was called upon to broadcast the news flash of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination.