A holding website went live at absoluteradio60s.co.uk following the announcement, with basic information including the proposed station schedule.

[4] Upon its launch the station was more widely available than its 70s counterpart, airing on DAB in London, the north and west of England, and Scotland.

Although a separate entity, Absolute Radio 60s takes a limited amount of programming from the main Absolute Radio station, chiefly The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show and the weekend programmes The Frank Skinner Show and Jason Manford.

Tracks typically to be heard on the station include those from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground and Motown.

On 16 November 2011, Geoff Lloyd (an original Absolute Radio drive presenter) posted a video on YouTube to explain this more systematically.

In addition, Absolute Radio Pirates repeated Tommy Vance’s Fabulous 40 from 6 August 1967 alongside other archive clips featuring Kenny Everett and The Beatles.