Ex-Fox New Anchor Protests Release

       Former WTXF Channel 29 news anchor Rich Noonan, 40, who was replaced by black anchor Dave Huddleston, has filed a complaint against his former employers alleging racial discrimination.
       He'll be represented by attorney Richard A. Sprague, who recently headed Allen Iverson's legal team, and Sprague's son, Thomas A. Sprague.
       Noonan, who is white, was released in February.  He filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission July 10 against the station, WTXF vice president and general manager Roger LaMay and news director Scott Matthews.
       "It is the most blatant case of racism I have ever seen," said Noonan.  "I was a model employee who lost his job because of the color of his skin.  I am an eight-time Emmy winner who anchored for seven years in a top-five market who was replaced by a morning anchor from Minneapolis.
       In a statement issued yesterday, LaMay said, "Fox Television Stations of Philadelphia categorically denies that unlawful considerations of face played any role watsoever in any employment decision affecting its former anchorman, Rich Noonan, or in its subsequent and independent decision to hire Rich's replacement