To enable a user to confirm voice message contents that have been already broadcasted by recording the voice message in a radio broadcasting system for distributing a voice message by a broadcasting format that can be listened to only one time.
A recorder 61 for broadcasting and a recorder 62 for relay are connected to a broadcasting device 10 for distributing a voice message to radio communication terminals (mobile station) 50a to 50f and a repeater 20 for relaying the voice message, respectively. Voice messages broadcasted from the broadcasting device 10 is recorded in the recorder for broadcasting and the recorder for relay. About the voice messages recorded in the recorder for broadcasting and the recorder for relay, for example, a voice message requested for reproduction by a mobile station is reproduced, the latest voice message is repeatedly reproduced, and the head part of a voice message is started for reproduction or the like.
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