102.5 The Bone live

102.5 The Bone is Tampa Bay's hot talk station. It broadcasts as WHPT on 102.5 FM, is licensed to Sarasota, Florida, and serves the Tampa Bay area with the slogan "Tampa Bay's Real. Raw. Radio." The station is owned by Cox Media Group, and on this page you can listen to The Bone live online, free.

Hot talk

The Bone airs a hot talk format: personality-driven shows, opinion and humor, built for listeners who want talk radio with an edge.

Lightning hockey

WHPT is the flagship station for Tampa Bay Lightning hockey and also carries South Florida Bulls football, so it is a home for local sports as well.

Studios

The studios and offices are on 4th Street North in St. Petersburg.

History

The station signed on on November 15, 1960, as WYAK and later carried the calls WSAF-FM, WQSR, WSRZ, WAVE-FM and WHVE. The WHPT call letters come from a former brand, "The Point".

HD Radio and sisters

HD2 simulcasts WXGL. In Tampa Bay, Cox also owns WDUV, WTBV, WWRM and WXGL.

The Bone, anywhere

Press play and The Bone starts in seconds — on the Howard Frankland, at work or far from the Gulf Coast.

How to listen

You can hear The Bone on the radio on 102.5 FM across Tampa Bay, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a Lightning game or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find The Bone's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer