A digital broadcast reception apparatus comprising: primary and secondary systems (10, 20) being tuned to a physical channel, receiving a digital broadcast signal of a broadcast service broadcasted from a broadcast station through the tuned physical channel, and demodulating and decoding the received digital broadcast signal; tuning control means for instructing said primary and secondary systems (10, 20) about a physical channel to be tuned to; a switching control means for instructing said tuning control means to switch between a diversity operation mode in which the said primary system and said secondary system are tuned to the same physical channel and cooperate with each other to demodulate and decode the digital broadcast signal through a diversity process and an independent reception operation mode in which said primary system and said secondary system individually and independently demodulate and decode the digital broadcast signal; current position acquisition means for acquiring current position information indicating a current position; and broadcast area information storage means for storing broadcast area information including a physical channel and a broadcast area of a broadcast station of a broadcast service that may be received, and at least either one of information concerning a relay station of said broadcast station and information concerning an affiliate station of said broadcast station, wherein, based on the current position information acquired by said current position acquisition means and the broadcast area information stored in said broadcast area information storage means, said switching control means instructs said tuning control means to switch between said diversity operation mode and said independent reception operation, wherein based on the current position information acquired by said current position acquisition means and the broadcast area information stored in said broadcast area information storage means, said switching control means instructs said tuning control means to select said diversity operation mode if the current position indicated by said current position information is close to a boundary of a broadcast area that is acquired from said broadcast area information as a broadcast area of a broadcast station broadcasting the currently received broadcast service, and to select said independent reception operation mode if the current position indicated by said current position information is not close to the boundary of said broadcast area. primary and secondary systems (10, 20) being tuned to a physical channel, receiving a digital broadcast signal of a broadcast service broadcasted from a broadcast station through the tuned physical channel, and demodulating and decoding the received digital broadcast signal; tuning control means for instructing said primary and secondary systems (10, 20) about a physical channel to be tuned to; a switching control means for instructing said tuning control means to switch between a diversity operation mode in which the said primary system and said secondary system are tuned to the same physical channel and cooperate with each other to demodulate and decode the digital broadcast signal through a diversity process and an independent reception operation mode in which said primary system and said secondary system individually and independently demodulate and decode the digital broadcast signal; current position acquisition means for acquiring current position information indicating a current position; and broadcast area information storage means for storing broadcast area information including a physical channel and a broadcast area of a broadcast station of a broadcast service that may be received, and at least either one of information concerning a relay station of said broadcast station and information concerning an affiliate station of said broadcast station, wherein, based on the current position information acquired by said current position acquisition means and the broadcast area information stored in said broadcast area information storage means, said switching control means instructs said tuning control means to switch between said diversity operation mode and said independent reception operation, wherein based on the current position information acquired by said current position acquisition means and the broadcast area information stored in said broadcast area information storage means, said switching control means instructs said tuning control means to select said diversity operation mode if the current position indicated by said current position information is close to a boundary of a broadcast area that is acquired from said broadcast area information as a broadcast area of a broadcast station broadcasting the currently received broadcast service, and to select said independent reception operation mode if the current position indicated by said current position information is not close to the boundary of said broadcast area.