A digital radio broadcasting receiver capable of automatically setting an audio field of reproduced sound in response to a musical genre of an ongoing broadcasting composition is disclosed. Digital radio broadcasting receiver 1 is provided with tuner 2, audio data decoder 3, equalizer 4, parameter memory 5, additional program information decoder 7, genre data selector 8 and control CPU 6. Tuner 2 outputs audio data and additional program information and audio data decoder 3 decodes the audio data. Equalizer 4 adjusts frequency characteristics of the decoded audio data. Parameter memory 5 stores parameters for the frequency characteristics for each musical genre. Additional program data decoder 7 decodes additional program information. Genre data selector 8 selects musical genre data from the additional program information. Parameter memory 5 reads out the parameters to adjust frequency characteristics and provides the same to control CPU 6, which sends the same to equalizer 4.