Art Hains is a retired American sports broadcaster inSpringfield, Missouri, who served as voice of theMissouri State Bears for over 40 years. His voice was also heard on theKansas City Chiefs Radio Network.[1][2]
He grew up inMarshall, Missouri, and started work atKMMO radio in Marshall while in high school. He graduated fromSouthern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, majoring in broadcast journalism, and worked in the SMU sports information office from 1973 to 1976. While at SMU, he was the student voice of the baseball team.[3] After a brief return to Marshall, Hains was sports director ofKGBX in Springfield from 1977–81, serving as the voice of theSouthwest Missouri State Bears football and basketball teams. From 1981 to 1985, he worked on the sports staff atKRLD radio in Dallas, anchoring weekday sportscasts; hosting Dallas Cowboys pre- and post-game shows; doing play-by-play and color for SMU basketball; and serving as studio host for the Southwest Conference Football Radio Network from 1982 to 1984.[3]
In 1985, he returned to Springfield as coordinator of athletic promotions at Southwest Missouri State, resuming his duties as voice of the Bears.[3] From 1995 to 2008, he was sports director of Meyer Communications in Springfield,[4] returning to the university (renamedMissouri State University in 2005) in 2008 as licensing director in the Marketing & Communications Department. From May 1, 1995, until September 2022, he hosted a daily afternoon radio show known asSportsTalk, which first aired onKWTO and laterKWTO-FM when it changed to asports radio format (the show and format moved toKBFL (AM) andKBFL-FM on July 30, 2020, after an ownership change of the group of radio stations[5]). From 2008 to 2025, he served as studio host for theKansas City Chiefs Radio Network in, including their Super Bowl victories in February 2020 and 2024.[6]
In September 2022, he contractedWest Nile virus and was in various health facilities while recovering. He resumed his studio duties with the Chiefs in August 2023 and resumed doing Bears home broadcasts the next month. Hains retired in September 2025 after calling one final Missouri State football game.[6]
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 Spirit of the Valley award by Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Jeff Jackson.
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