Company Notebook

WGGB-ABC40 Honored as News Station of the Year
SPRINGFIELD — The Associated Press (AP) and the Radio Television Digital News Assoc. (RTDNA) have announced their winners of 2013 awards competitions, and WGGB-ABC40 has been named the recipient of three Massachusetts and Rhode Island Associated Press Awards and two RTDNA Edward R. Murrow awards. For the third year in a row, ABC40 has won more AP awards than any other radio or television station in Western Mass., including taking home the prestigious “News Station of the Year” award. That award, according to the AP, recognizes “a station’s overall news commitment and service to its coverage area. In addition, ABC40 was also honored with “Best Newscast” for coverage of the Chicopee shootout last April, as well as “Best Sports Program” for Friday Football Fever. The RTDNA has also recognized ABC40 with one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award. Recently, the winners of the 2013 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards were also announced, and ABC40 was recognized with two awards, for best newscast (ABC40 News at 6:00) and best website, wggb.com. The RTDNA says that news organizations that receive the Edward R. Murrow Award exhibit the “spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard for the profession of electronic journalism” and recognizes work that is of the “highest quality” done by television, radio, and online news organizations from around the world. “We thank our viewers from across Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut for allowing us into their homes each and every day.  Providing them the news and information they seek daily is a tremendous responsibility that we take very seriously,” said John Gormally, general manager and owner of ABC40 and Fox 6.

MassMutual Honored for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Employees
WASHINGTON — The National Business Group on Health recently honored 65 U.S. employers, including Springfield-based MassMutual, for their ongoing commitment to promoting healthy work environments and encouraging workers to live healthier lifestyles. The honored employers, including 12 first-time winners, were presented with 2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards at the Business Group’s Institute on Innovation in Workforce Well-being Leadership Summit held in Washington, D.C. “MassMutual is excited and honored to be named a Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles for the first time this year,” said Dr. David Artzerounian, chief medical officer for the company, which placed in the ‘gold’ category. “Whether it’s providing wellness incentives, encouraging a positive work-life balance, establishing a smoke-free campus, or offering healthy meal options in our cafeteria, MassMutual takes a strong interest in our employees’ health and well-being because it’s the right thing to do and everyone is better off with better health: our employees, their families, and our company.” Now in its ninth year, the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards spotlight those employers that have responded to the urgent need to improve their employees’ health, productivity, and quality of life. The underlying goal of the program is to encourage all employers to take action.

Hampden Bancorp Named One of Top 100 Public Companies in State
SPRINGFIELD — Hampden Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Hampden Bank, has been named to the “Globe 100”annual list, a ranking of the best-performing public companies in Massachusetts. Hampden Bancorp was ranked number 75 overall, and was ranked seventh on the list of performance measurement of growth based on annual revenue and profit growth for the past two years. “We are pleased to be named to the list of top-performing public companies in the state,” said Glenn Welch, CEO and president. “This is a great achievement for Hampden, and I want to thank all of our employees for working so hard to achieve these results. We will continue to build upon this success to grow the bank and enhance the value to our shareholders.” To be eligible, the company must be publicly traded for the entire 2012 calendar year on the NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, or American Stock Exchange and report revenue and profit for both 2011 and 2012. Companies are ranked on four criteria: return on average equity, one-year percentage change in revenue, one-year percentage change in profit margin, and 2012 revenue. Between Dec. 31, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2012, Hampden’s one-year change in revenue was 16.3%, and its one-year change in profit margin was 89.2%.