The stated goal of the CBA is to promote best practices in public service broadcasting and to foster freedom of expression.

It also serves to provide support and assistance to its members through training, bursaries, consultancies, networking opportunities and materials for broadcast.

In addition it offers a number of bursaries to full-time employees of its member organisations to enhance their skills and knowledge.

[2][3] The CBA traces its roots to a broadcasting conference on 15 February 1945 between Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Botswana Brunei Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Cyprus Eswatini Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guyana India Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Singapore Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Uganda United Kingdom Zambia