To provide a mobile phone that can achieve an alarm function by receiving broadcasts such as radio broadcasts when possible, assuming a case where a reception level of a broadcast signal of a set broadcast station is low. At a predetermined time, a mobile phone (101) having a function for receiving broadcasts as an alarm starts receiving a broadcast from a set broadcast station (104). When a receiving sensitivity of the set broadcast station (104) is weak, the mobile phone (101) acquires a self-position of using a GPS etc., reads a zone correspondence broadcast station table (300) stored in the mobile phone (101), receives a broadcast from another broadcast station (105) in a zone corresponding to the self-position, and outputs a broadcast having a stronger receiving sensitivity instead of the broadcast from the set broadcast station (104), thereby achieving an alarm function.

 
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