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 interviews a longtime Pacific Northwest community radio broadcaster at KXRW studio, Vancouver WA, April 2026 KXRW 99.9 FM — Vancouver, WA — April 2026

Work

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

Producer — Democracy Talk, KXRW 99.9 FM

Democracy Talk: Diana Perez & Carmen Paniagua

Donna Sinclair talks with City Councilor Diana Perez about her background in the US Forest Service, DOGE, life on the border in El Paso, and the Hispanic community in Clark County. She is then joined by Carmen Paniagua, sister-in-law of José Paniagua Calderón, whose December 4th detention by ICE inspired protests throughout Vancouver — Carmen shares the family's struggle with his arrest and rapid removal to Tacoma and then El Paso.

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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

Guest Host — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM

Getting to Know Your Local Chuukese Community — Sakura 39ers Youth Association

Guest host Steena Trecha talks with Executive Director Dania Rescue Otto and President JM Otto of the Sakura 39ers Youth Association — a Chuukese-led organization based in Vancouver bringing together their community across Southwest Washington.

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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

Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver — Nez Perce Voices

Produced from field recordings at the Chief Redheart Memorial at Fort Vancouver, this interstitial centers Nimiipuu, Nez Perce, voices at a site where their history of forced removal is embedded in the ground.

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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

Project Play: Vancouver's First Fully Accessible Playground

The opening of Esther Short Park's fully accessible playground — the first in a city-wide initiative — told through the voices of wheelchair-using adults, a city 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 — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM

Great River Arts Festival — Murals and Public Space

Field recordings from the Great River Arts Festival centering multiple underrepresented community voices on public art, shared space, and what it means to see your community reflected on a wall.

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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

Bike Clark County — Cycling Advocacy in Southwest Washington

A field interstitial capturing voices from Bike Clark County, the region's cycling advocacy organization working to make Southwest Washington more bikeable and accessible for riders of all ages and abilities.

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Team Road Kill logo — MS Brewfest charity fundraiser, Vancouver WA, March 2026 Photo: Steena Trecha
Community · Fundraising

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM

Team Road Kill — MS Brewfest 2026

A field interstitial from the MS Brewfest charity fundraiser featuring Team Road Kill, whose riders and organizers share why they show up year after year to raise money for multiple sclerosis research in the Southwest Washington community.

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Vancouver Farmers Market logo
Community · Local Food

Reporter, Producer — Field Interstitial, KXRW 99.9 FM

Vancouver Farmers Market — Voices from the Market

A field interstitial from the Vancouver Farmers Market, featuring vendors and shoppers who make the market a gathering place for Southwest Washington's food, farming, and small business community.

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Great River Arts Festival, downtown Vancouver WA, September 2022 Photo: Steena Trecha
Public Art · Community

Reporter, Producer — The Common Good, KXRW 99.9 FM

Great River Arts Festival 2022

A Common Good episode from the Great River Arts Festival centering multiple underrepresented community voices on public art, shared space, and what it means to see your community reflected on a wall.

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Mike Selig interviewed at the No Kings Rally, Vancouver WA, October 2025 Photo: Steena Trecha
Community · Politics

Editor, Producer — Field Recording, KXRW 99.9 FM

No Kings Rally — October 2025

Field interviews collected by Mike Selig at the No Kings Rally in Vancouver, Washington. Steena edited the recordings, wrote and voiced the intro, outro, and breaks, and framed the narrative for broadcast on KXRW 99.9 FM.

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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
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 2019. Board Vice President, KXRW Community Radio. Based in Vancouver, Washington.