An apparatus, and an associated methodology, for alerting a user of a radio device of delivery thereto of a text, or other, message. The alert of the received message is made according to a selected schedule and settings and includes a repeat notification. A user selects schedules and settings that define the manner by which the received message is to be annunciated. The user enters the selections by way of a touch screen interface. Determination is made, upon detection, by detector of a received message in what manner to make notification of the message.