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European broadcasting for a very long time (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eon

'a very long time' is the definition.
(an extremely long period of time)

'european broadcasting' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'broadcasting' becomes 'on'.
'e'+'on'='EON'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for eon that I've seen before include "Very long period (US and technical spelling)" , "In time, long division" , "An immense time" , "billion years" , "Vast period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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