Before ECW landed on TNN in 1999, watching the promotion meant knowing exactly which local channel carried it and what odd hour it aired. ECW Hardcore TV debuted in April 1993 and ran in syndication, market by market, on a patchwork of local stations. There was no single national home. The time slot depended entirely on where you lived, and in several markets, the channel carrying ECW was a regional sports network, the same channels that aired local baseball, hockey and college sports. In Philadelphia, the show aired on SportsChannel Philadelphia on Tuesday evenings, later adding a 2 a.m. Friday replay, with ECW sitting in the lineup alongside Flyers and Phillies programming. When that station went off the air in 1997, the show moved to broadcast stations, first WPPX-TV 61 on Wednesdays at 9 p.m., then WGTW 48, where it aired Friday or Saturday nights at 1 or 2 a.m. In Florida, fans found ECW on the Sunshine Network, the state’s regional sports channel. In the Chicago market, it bou...