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Ceremony held when I joined troubled broadcaster (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rite

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'ceremony' is the definition.
(I know that rite is a type of ceremony)

'held when i joined troubled broadcaster' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'i' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rte' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rite that I've seen before include "Tire of ceremony" , "form of service" , "(Words used in) ceremonial" , "Ceremony - ritual" , "Religious ceremonial sounds correct" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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