Own American Broadcasting Association

The Own American Broadcasting Association (OABA) is an association of public service media entities, with its headquarters located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was established on 19 May 2017. In the present, 53 nations are active members of the association.

Active members of the association are able to participate in the Own Americavision Song Contest.

Members
There are currently 53 active members of the Own American Broadcasting Association. The newest members of the OABA are Northern Mariana Islands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Sint Maarten, who joined the union in September 2020. In May 2020 Antenne Créole Guyane, the previous broadcasting channel of French Guiana closed, a new broadcasting channel joined the OABA, thus making the debut of Guyane La Première. The current council members are Brazil, French Guiana and Puerto Rico.

Current members

 * Color key
 * Council member
 * Current host

Council
The OABA Council is a congress of the heads of delegations of different countries of the Own American Broadcasting Association to discuss each edition's planning, to accept entries of the participating countries and to discuss general rules and standards of the Own Americavision Song Contest.

This list shows the current and former permanent or temporary members of the OABU council. Head members are written in bold. The council has currently two permanent members and one temporary member, traditionally the winning Head of Delegation of the previous edition.

Permanent members

 * Current members
 * 🇯🇵 Iseul (August 2020–present)
 * 🇪🇸 Ivo (August 2020–present)
 * 🇲🇩 Mihai (May 2017–present)


 * Former members
 * 🇱🇹 Domas (February 2018–February 2021)
 * 🇳🇱 Jens (May 2017–February 2018)
 * 🇩🇪 Niklas (May 2017–February 2018)

Temporary members

 * 🇮🇪 Dylan (December 2020-present)
 * 🇬🇧 Lewis (December 2020)
 * 🇮🇱 Maxim (November 2017-February 2018; March 2020-July 2020)
 * 🇳🇱 Mark (November 2019-March 2020)
 * 🇹🇭 Kinoshita (June 2019-November 2019)
 * 🇪🇸 Marcos (March 2019-June 2019)
 * 🇵🇱 Shax (November 2018-March 2019)
 * 🇦🇺 Aussiegoomba (February 2018-October 2018)
 * 🇮🇱 Tom (June 2017-November 2017)