Looking Out For One Another — Dave Palet and Jake’s Projects (DH 015) - a podcast by Shawn Walchef

It’s important to ask for help, even though it’s not always easy. It's also important to lend someone else a helping hand.

This episode of the Digital Hospitality podcast brings us to the garage/recording studio of Dave Palet to talk about the digital evolution of the Dave and Jeff Show, building a community of supporters, and the Jake's Projects charity that honors the legacy of Dave's youngest son.

The interview was recorded next to a photo of his son Jake, who the world lost in 2018. Dave is president of Jake’s Projects, the nonprofit charity inspired by Jake and his love of baseball and coaching young athletes.Dave is also one half of the Dave and Jeff Show podcast with his longtime broadcasting partner Jeff Dotseth. After a successful sports radio career, the team has transitioned into the more modern form of podcasting. They have an army of superfans who've supported them along the way.

We believe that A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships at Cali BBQ Media. When you help others in need, then others will help you when you’re in need. It’s the essence behind Digital Hospitality.The companies that are going to win, the brands that are going to win, the missions that are going to win, are the ones that understand we can’t do it by ourselves.

Previously, Dave Palet was a guest on Shawn Walchef’s former podcast, Behind the Smoke: BBQ War Stories. When that show came out, Dave and Jeff were in year two of their podcast journey after transitioning away from airwaves and old media.Dave and Jeff have been favorite sports radio personalities in San Diego for a long time, but now they have a global reach thanks to the power of podcasting their show online.

“If you stay in touch with what your kids are interested in, you’re always going to be ahead of it,” Dave Palet said on the Digital Hospitality podcast.“As much as a loved doing radio, and as much as I used to love getting the newspaper, you start to realize there’s nothing in today’s newspaper that happened today. Everything comes across so quickly on your phone and your computer.”

Even legends can quickly become irrelevant without a digital evolution. That’s exactly why Cali BBQ Media was created, to help guide others toward a digital future. It’s not easy to adapt, but it’s necessary.At one time there was talk of cord cutters, those people who moved entirely away from older forms of broadcasting like cable TV and radio, into consuming digital content using streaming apps like Netflix or Spotify.

Now people don’t cut cords, they just never plug them in.“You start to realize that less than 2 percent of the people under the age of 22 have cable or DirectTV. … I started thinking, ‘my way is the old way,’” Dave Palet said. “I can sit there and be The Last of the Mohicans, or I can sit there and adjust.”
Dave and Jeff left XTRA 1360 in August 2016. When Dave first mentioned doing a podcast to his co-host, Jeff’s answer was “no way” because he looked at it as a step backward from their prior radio gig.Eventually the pair saw eye-to-eye and they made the smart choice of moving into podcasting and distributing their own content online.

Now the Dave and Jeff Show isn’t even trying to get back on the radio. Why would they, when they can reach their fans on their own whenever they want?They’ve since had more than 2 million downloads of their Dave and Jeff Show podcast.
“We never had that kind of response in radio,” Dave Palet said. “This is around the world, this isn’t just San Diego.”Now Dave said they’re following in the footsteps of Cali BBQ Media, by incorporating high-quality video and other content into the mix so they can broaden their ability to reach audiences in new ways.
Lending a Hand Through Media:Dave Palet and Jeff Dotseth have done a lot to give back using the reach of their popular show. They continue that mission however they can.For their 20th anniversary in 2018 everyone who donated $25 was invited to a specia...

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