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Contrary attention-seeker, brunette, after short story for broadcaster (4,5)

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talk radio

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'broadcaster' is the definition.

'contrary attention-seeker brunette after short story' is the wordplay.
'contrary' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'attention seeker' becomes 'oi' (exclamation used to attract attention).
'brunette' becomes 'dark' ('dark' can be similar in meaning to 'brunette').
'after short story' becomes 'lat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oi'+'dark'+'lat'='oidarklat'
'oidarklat' reversed gives 'TALK RADIO'.

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(Other definitions for talk radio that I've seen before include "Broadcast chat" , "Programmes" , "Broadcast discussion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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