Patent ID: 8472902

Claim:
A radio broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a reception unit for receiving a first broadcast signal at a first frequency, wherein the reception unit is capable of receiving signals at a receiving frequency that may be any of a plurality of broadcast frequencies, wherein the plurality of broadcast frequencies comprises the first frequency, wherein the reception unit is capable of receiving a broadcast signal at only one of the plurality of broadcast frequencies at a time; a digital signal decoding unit for decoding first text information contained in the first broadcast signal; a content information extracting unit for extracting, from the first text information, first content information related to a first content of the first broadcast signal received by the reception unit, and storing the first content information in a storage unit; a frequency control unit for periodically switching the receiving frequency to be received by the reception unit only when the radio broadcast receiving apparatus is in an off state; and an electronic program guide generating unit for generating an electronic program guide comprising the first content information related to the first content of the first broadcast signal based on the first content information stored in the storage unit; wherein the content information extracting unit skips storing of the first content information in the storage unit if the first content information of the first broadcast signal is the same as previously-received content information for the first broadcast signal stored in the storage unit.