Pye Green BT Tower

Telecommunication tower in Staffordshire, England

52°43′43″N 2°01′11″W / 52.728655°N 2.019655°W / 52.728655; -2.019655Grid referenceSJ987142

Pye Green BT Tower is a 96.9-metre (318 ft) tall^{[citation needed]} telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Pye Green, Staffordshire, England. Standing on the far southern edge of Cannock Chase, it is one of 14 telecommunication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete. Pye Green was constructed as part of the British Cold War "Backbone" radio communications network.

Its combination of elevation and height give it line-of-sight to the BT Tower in Birmingham and Sutton Common in Cheshire.

Services available

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

Frequency	kW	Service
96.9 MHz	0.2	Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire

Digital radio (DAB)

Frequency	Block	kW	Operator
229.072 MHz	12D	0.85	Stoke & Stafford
225.648 MHz	12B	1.75	BBC National DAB
218.064 MHz	11B	0.6	Wolverhampton & Shropshire

References

Campbell, D., 1983. War Plan UK, p243, p245. Paladin edition. ISBN 0-586-08479-7.
Laurie, P., 1983. Beneath the City Streets, p. 243, p. 246. Granada edition. ISBN 0-586-05055-8.
The National Archives (UK), 1956–1962. Proposed relay station sites for the General Post Office ("The Backbone Scheme"). File No. COU1/38.
Fox, S., and Lamont, R., 2003. The Towers of Backbone.

External links

The Transmission Gallery: photographs, coverage maps and information

BT Group

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