 Pye Green BT Tower, from a hot air balloon | |
  Pye Green BT Tower (Staffordshire) | |
| Location | Pye Green, Staffordshire |
|---|---|
| Tower height | 96.9 metres (318 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°43′43″N 2°01′11″W / 52.728655°N 2.019655°W |
| Grid reference | SJ987142 |
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 (grid reference SJ987142). Standing on the far southern edge of Cannock Chase, it is one of fourteen 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.
| Frequency | kW | Service |
|---|---|---|
| 96.9 MHz | 0.2 | Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire |
| 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 |
