State-backed broadcast interrupted by Love Island (7)
I believe the answer is:
romania
'love island' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'state-backed broadcast interrupted by' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'oman' (Oman is a country).
'backed' is a reversal indicator.
'broadcast' becomes 'air' (to air on TV).
'interrupted by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'air' in reverse letter order is 'ria'.
'oman' put into 'ria' is 'ROMANIA'.
(Other definitions for romania that I've seen before include "Eastern European country" , "European republic" , "I'm Aaron in Europe" , "Balkan country" , "Country of eastern Europe" .)