Own American Broadcasting Association

The Own American Broadcasting Association (OABA) is an association of public service media entities, with its headquarters located in Caracas, Venezuela. It was established on 19 May 2017. In the present, 55 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 58 active members of the Own American Broadcasting Association. The newest member of the OABA is the Falkland Islands, who joined the union in September 2021. 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 French Guiana, Grenada, Puerto Rico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Venezuela.

Current members

 * Color key
 * Council member
 * Current host

Council
The OABA Council is a congress of the heads of delegation 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 five permanent members and one temporary member, traditionally the winning Head of Delegation of the previous edition.

Permanent members

 * Current members
 * 🇺🇸 Alex Memphis (April 2021–present)
 * 🇯🇵 Iseul (August 2020–present)
 * 🇪🇸 Ivo (August 2020–present)
 * 🇲🇩 Mihai (May 2017–present)
 * 🇩🇪 Nic (April 2021–present)


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

Temporary members

 * 🇫🇷 Basil (June 2021-present)
 * 🇮🇪 Dylan (December 2020-June 2021)
 * 🇬🇧 Lewis (December 2020)
 * [[FIle:Flag of Israel.svg|21px|border|link=Israel]] 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)
 * [[FIle:Flag of Israel.svg|21px|border|link=Israel]] Tom (June 2017-November 2017)