Mobile terminal device

A mobile terminal device comprising:

• a recording setting unit configured to set a programmed recording based on an input of programmed-recording information that includes at least a recording start time and a recording end time and that is used for performing programmed recording of a broadcast program;
• a reception-state checking unit configured to start a tuner at a predetermined time before the recording start time set by the recording setting unit and continuously checking a reception state of broadcast radio waves until the recording start time;
• a notifying unit configured to notify, if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state, a notification indicating that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is not a desired reception state;
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• a recording starting unit configured to start recording processing of the broadcast program if the reception-state checking unit determines that the reception state of the broadcast radio waves is the desired reception state.