A mobile communication device including a single Radio Frequency (RF) device is provided for coordinating operations of receiving cell broadcast messages using different subscriber numbers camped on the same cell. The mobile communication device is characterized in that one subscriber number is prioritized at a time for receiving all the blocks of a CBS message or a schedule message, allowing at least one subscriber number to receive a complete CBS message or a complete schedule message. In addition, the mobile communication device is characterized in that the schedule information received for one subscriber number is shared between the operations associated with other subscriber numbers, allowing the CBS messages for all subscriber numbers to be received.