The participation of Guatemala in the OTI Festival began at the third OTI Festival in 1974. The Guatemalan participating broadcaster was Televisiete, which was member of the Organización de Televisión

The OTI Festival 1979 was the eighth edition of the OTI Festival, held on 8 December 1979 at the Theatre of the Military Academy in Caracas, Venezuela, and presented by Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Vict