Pye Green BT Tower is a tall 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 Cold War British Telecom microwave network, also known as "Backbone".
Its combination of elevation and height give it line-of-sight to the BT Towers in Birmingham and Sutton Common in Cheshire.
Services available
Analogue radio (FM VHF) FrequencykWService96.9 MHz0.2Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire
Digital radio (DAB) FrequencyBlockkWOperator229.072 MHz12D0.85Stoke & Stafford225.648 MHz12B1.75BBC National DAB
See also Telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom
References
Campbell, D., 1983. War Plan UK, p243, p245. Paladin edition. . Laurie, P., 1983. Beneath the City Streets, p. 243, p. 246. Granada edition. . 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