Art Hains is an American broadcaster in

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the List of cities in Missouri, third most populous city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County, Missouri, Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 censu ...

, who serves as voice of the

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. His voice was also heard on the

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Radio Network. He grew up in Marshall, MO, and started work at KMMO Radio in Marshall while in high school. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, majoring in broadcast journalism, and worked in the SMU sports information office 1973–76. Hains was sports director of KGBX Radio in Springfield, MO from 1977–81, serving as the voice of the Southwest Missouri State Bears football/basketball teams. From 1981-85 he worked on the sports staff at KRLD Radio in Dallas, TX, anchoring weekday sportscasts, hosting Dallas Cowboys pre-and post-game shows; play-by-play and color for SMU basketball and studio host for the Southwest Conference Football Radio Network 1982–84. In 1985, he returned to Springfield, MO as coordinator of athletic promotions at Southwest Missouri State, resuming his duties as voice of the Bears. From 1995–2008, he was sports director of Meyer Communications in Springfield, returning to the university in 2008 as licensing director in the Marketing & Communications Department. (SMSU became Missouri State in 2005). From May 1, 1995, until September 2022 he hosted a daily afternoon radio show known as "Sports Talk" which first aired on KWTO and later

KWTO-FM KWTO-FM ("101.3 Real Country") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format, licensed to Buffalo, Missouri, United States. The station was previously owned by Stereo Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Meyer Communications. Histo ...

when it changed to a

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format (the show and format moved to

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and

KBFL-FM KBFL-FM (99.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Fair Grove, Missouri. The station was previously owned by Meyer-Baldridge, Inc. The station is simulcast on KBFL (AM), KBFL and translator K245CA 96.9 FM. On March 2, 2015, KBFL-F ...

on July 30, 2020, after an ownership change of the group of radio stations). From 2008-2025 he served as studio host for the Chiefs Radio Network in Kansas City, including their Super Bowl victories in February 2020 and 2024. In September 2022 he contracted West Nile Virus and was in various health facilities while recovering. In August 2023 he resumed his studio duties with the Chiefs and resumed doing Bears home broadcasts in September 2023. Hains was inducted into the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2003, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, and the Missouri State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. In December 2023 he was given the Spirt of the Valley award by Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Jeff Jackson.

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