This is the first time there has been a separate category for Americana music.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

But Voice of America Persian Service has been there for a long time.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"I believe on the state side there has been underfunding and under-recognition of the importance and need for funding public defense for the indigent for a long time,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.22