Reporter · Producer · Host · Vancouver, WA

Steena
Trecha

Since joining KXRW 99.9 FM in 2022, I have used the independence of community radio to identify the stories and communities that regional media consistently overlooks. My work centers the voices of Southwest Washington, from Fourth Plain Boulevard to the Columbia River to Skamania County.

steena@kxrw.fm (619) 306.2010 steenatrecha.fm
Steena Trecha, reporter, producer, and host at KXRW 99.9 FM, Vancouver WA KXRW 99.9 FM — Vancouver, WA

Work

Nez Perce riders in regalia at the Chief Redheart Memorial, Fort Vancouver, April 2023 Photo: Steena Trecha
Indigenous · Fort Vancouver

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver, Nez Perce Voices

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Field recordings from the April 2023 Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver center Nimiipuu, Nez Perce voices at a site where their history of forced removal is embedded in the ground.

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Host Donna Sinclair interviews Vancouver City Councilor Diana Perez at KXRW studio during Democracy Talk, December 2025 Photo: Steena Trecha
Immigration · Clark County

Technical Producer — Democracy Talk, KXRW 99.9 FM · October 2025–March 2026

Democracy Talk: Diana Perez and Carmen Paniagua

Provided full technical production: mic setup, level monitoring, guest and host vocal coaching, editing, music, and publication. Host Donna Sinclair speaks with Vancouver City Councilor Diana Perez on her background in the US Forest Service, DOGE, and the Hispanic community in Clark County, then with Carmen Paniagua, sister-in-law of José Paniagua Calderón, whose December 4th ICE detention inspired protests throughout Vancouver.

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JM Otto and Dania Otto, Sakura 39ers Youth Association, at KXRW studio microphones with ON AIR sign, July 2023 Photo: Steena Trecha
Pacific Islander · Community

Reporter, Producer, Host — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Chuukese Community Leadership, Sakura 39ers Youth Association

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication. Speaks with Executive Director Dania Rescue Otto and President JM Otto of the Sakura 39ers Youth Association, a Chuukese-led organization based in Vancouver building community across Southwest Washington.

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Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle leaning in with children at the opening of Esther Short Park's all-inclusive accessible playground, Vancouver WA Photo: Steena Trecha
Accessibility · Vancouver

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Project Play: Opening of Vancouver's Accessible Downtown Playground

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. The 2023 opening of Esther Short Park's fully accessible playground, Vancouver's first, told through the voices of wheelchair-using adults, a parks commissioner who uses a wheelchair, and families who came to play.

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Steena Trecha interviews the owner of Sumner Signs, creators of the Vancouver Washington mural at 6th and Broadway, Vancouver WA Photo: Scott Hohman / Vancouver Family Magazine
Public Art · Community

Reporter, Producer — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2022

Great River Arts Festival, The Common Good, September 2022

Initiated, reported, and produced end-to-end: identifying subjects, conducting all interviews, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, editing, music, and publication. Community voices from the September 2022 Great River Arts Festival on public art, shared space, and what it means to see your community reflected on a wall in downtown Vancouver.

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Mural in progress at the Great River Arts Festival, downtown Vancouver WA, 2023 Photo: Steena Trecha
Public Art · Community

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2023

Great River Arts Festival, Field Interstitial, 2023

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Field recordings from the 2023 Great River Arts Festival centering community voices on public art and the murals transforming shared space in downtown Vancouver.

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Team Road Kill logo, MS Brewfest charity fundraiser, Vancouver WA, March 2026
Community · Fundraising

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

MS Brewfest 2026, Team Road Kill

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Community voices from the March 2026 MS Brewfest Fundraiser featuring Team Road Kill, whose riders raise money for multiple sclerosis research in Southwest Washington.

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Bike Clark County, cycling advocacy in Clark County, Washington, Spring 2026 Photo: Steena Trecha
Cycling · Clark County

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

Bike Clark County, Spring 2026

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Community voices from Bike Clark County, Southwest Washington's cycling advocacy organization working to make the region more bikeable and accessible for riders of all ages and abilities.

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Vancouver Farmers Market logo
Community · Local Food

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2026

Vancouver Farmers Market, Spring 2026

Identified subjects, conducted all interviews, and wrote and voiced the intro and outro. Produced end-to-end: editing, music, and publication. Vendors and shoppers at the spring 2026 Vancouver Farmers Market on the role of the market as a gathering place for Southwest Washington's food, farming, and small business community.

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Field interviews from Vancouver's first No Kings demonstration, October 2025
Community · Politics

Editor, Producer — Voices from the Community, KXRW 99.9 FM · 2025

No Kings Rally, Vancouver, October 2025

Shaped raw field recordings into a broadcast-ready half-hour program: building narrative structure, writing and voicing the intro, outro, and breaks, and publication. Documents Vancouver's first No Kings demonstration, fall 2025, with field interviews collected by Mike Selig.

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In the Field

Artist at work on the Vancouver Washington mural, downtown Vancouver, September 2022
Artist at work on the Vancouver Washington mural — downtown Vancouver, September 2022
Completed Vancouver Washington mural including NCH'I WANA Great River panels, downtown Vancouver, September 2022
Completed Vancouver Washington mural — downtown Vancouver, September 2022
KXRW 99.9 FM booth at Vancouver Pride, Esther Short Park, Vancouver WA, 2022
KXRW 99.9 FM at Vancouver Pride — Esther Short Park, Vancouver WA, 2022
Building sound treatment panels for the new KXRW studio at Mark Burdon Woodcraft, Vancouver WA, March 2026
Building sound treatment panels for the new KXRW studio — Mark Burdon Woodcraft, Vancouver WA, March 2026
Steena Trecha interviews a longtime Pacific Northwest community radio broadcaster about the history of independent radio from KBOO to KFFP to KXRW, KXRW studio, Vancouver WA, April 2026
Steena Trecha interviews a longtime Pacific Northwest community radio broadcaster about the history of independent radio from KBOO to KFFP to KXRW, KXRW studio, Vancouver WA, April 2026
Local educators compare and contrast interpretative panels at the Port of Kalama in Cowlitz County, Spring 2025
Local educators compare and contrast interpretative panels at the Port of Kalama in Cowlitz County, Spring 2025
About
Steena
Trecha
Reporter, producer, and host at KXRW 99.9 FM Vancouver since 2022, with a decade of professional experience translating complex stories for public audiences across the Pacific Northwest. Co-founder of KFFP 90.3 FM Freeform Portland. Trained as a research scientist at the University of Idaho and historian of science at UC San Diego. Founder of the Rural STEAM Leadership Network, facilitating equity-centered learning across rural and remote communities since 2017. Board Vice President, KXRW Community Radio. Based in Vancouver, Washington.