A method of transmitting a broadcast message from a base station to at least one mobile station using a Forward Common Control Channel, F-CCCH, in a wireless communication system in which periodic enhanced broadcast paging scheme having a broadcast paging cycle is used, the method comprising: transmitting information related to a number of Broadcast Control Channels, BCCHs, used for transmitting broadcast messages to the at least one mobile station, wherein said number of BCCHs used for transmitting broadcast messages has a value that indicates whether a BCCH is supported for transmitting a broadcast message; if the information includes a value which indicates that a BCCH is not supported for transmitting a broadcast message: transmitting a plurality of broadcast messages in a first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH if the plurality of broadcast messages fit in the first slot; and if the plurality of broadcast messages do not fit in the first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH, transmitting a plurality of broadcast paging messages in the first slot and transmitting the plurality of broadcast messages in at least one subsequent slot of the broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH in accordance with an order of each of the transmitted broadcast paging messages, wherein each of the plurality of broadcast paging messages includes different information depending on whether the BCCH is supported or not; wherein each of the plurality of broadcast paging messages is an enhanced broadcast page, the method further comprising transmitting enhanced broadcast page information indicating location of the at least one subsequent slot in the first slot of the broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH. transmitting information related to a number of Broadcast Control Channels, BCCHs, used for transmitting broadcast messages to the at least one mobile station, wherein said number of BCCHs used for transmitting broadcast messages has a value that indicates whether a BCCH is supported for transmitting a broadcast message; if the information includes a value which indicates that a BCCH is not supported for transmitting a broadcast message: transmitting a plurality of broadcast messages in a first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH if the plurality of broadcast messages fit in the first slot; and if the plurality of broadcast messages do not fit in the first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH, transmitting a plurality of broadcast paging messages in the first slot and transmitting the plurality of broadcast messages in at least one subsequent slot of the broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH in accordance with an order of each of the transmitted broadcast paging messages, transmitting a plurality of broadcast messages in a first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH if the plurality of broadcast messages fit in the first slot; and if the plurality of broadcast messages do not fit in the first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH, transmitting a plurality of broadcast paging messages in the first slot and transmitting the plurality of broadcast messages in at least one subsequent slot of the broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH in accordance with an order of each of the transmitted broadcast paging messages, wherein each of the plurality of broadcast paging messages includes different information depending on whether the BCCH is supported or not; wherein each of the plurality of broadcast paging messages is an enhanced broadcast page, the method further comprising transmitting enhanced broadcast page information indicating location of the at least one subsequent slot in the first slot of the broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH.