How do you wean a kitten off of canned cat food?

My kitty is spoiled. I got him when he was 11 weeks old and he refused to eat kitten chow. I had to feed him canned cat food. He is now 6 months old and will only eat the hard kitten chow at night when I lock him in my bedroom for the night. In the morning and in the afternoon he refuses to eat it and will beg and beg for canned food. Any tricks to get him to eat dry food all the time?