Broadcasting race in Germany, initially (8)

I believe the answer is:

relaying

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'broadcasting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'race in germany initially' is the wordplay.
'race' becomes 'relay' (relay race).
'germany initially' becomes 'g' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'relay'+'in'+'g'='RELAYING'

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(Other definitions for relaying that I've seen before include "Broadcasting" , "Communicating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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