Clue: Engineer left broadcasting, managing to dodge scandal? (6)
Answer: TEFLON
Explanation: Definition: managing to dodge scandal?
***(left)** [anag:*engineer*] + **ON** ("broadcasting") 
*Teflon is a non-stick surface which has come into the language to indicate that nothing sticks, so, for example, a politician described as "teflon" is one who courts scandal, but whose reputation tends to come out unscathed.