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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Delaney says Comcast Corp. has agreed to bring Maryland television news to Comcast cable subscribers in Garrett County, where a quirk in federal communications law prevents most people from receiving in-state programming. The county's location in far western Maryland puts it in the Pittsburgh television market. That means most TV viewers there see local news from Pennsylvania, rather than from TV stations in Maryland or Washington, D.C. Delaney, a Maryland Democrat, said in a statement Monday that Comcast will make local news programs from Baltimore TV stations WJZ and WMAR available on its Xfinity On Demand service. The availability of in-state programing also makes it easier for Maryland politicians to reach Garrett County voters with TV campaign commercials.

Delaney says deal brings Maryland TV news to Garrett County