The network's name freely refers to La Radia,[2] a Futurist manifesto written by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti[3] and Pino Masnata in 1933.

To share the shows the Radia Network formerly used Radioswap.net, a semi-public closed platform for program exchange between community radios.

The decision was taken to start a broadcast season the following April, and an email discussion list was set up on which the name Radia was finally settled on.

Affiliated to the network are ORF Kunstradio [de] (Vienna, Austria), Mobile Radio[10] (Ürzig, Germany) and Radioart106 (Haifa, Israel).

From 2017 on each season also includes a guest slot reserved for individual producers or radio stations that are not part of the network.