A method of controlling an apparatus for receiving an electronic program guide (EPG), and an EPG receiver using the same, enable preferred broadcast programs to be displayed and viewed using a reserved recording function, without performing specific searching or playback operations, by employing a user channel to simulate reception of real-time television broadcasting to enable a sequential display and viewing of at least one broadcast program via the user channel. A process of user channel editing includes steps of storing in memory EPG information arranged according to broadcast channel and broadcast time, the EPG information indicating at least one broadcast program; displaying, based on the stored EPG information, an EPG menu including a broadcast program setting area for at least one user channel and the EPG information indicating at least one broadcast program; identifying a broadcast program of the displayed EPG information, according to a user selection, to register the identified broadcast program for preprogrammed playback; and storing in memory program registration information corresponding to the registered broadcast program. A process of simulating real-time television reception of preferred broadcast programs on a user channel includes steps of storing in memory EPG information arranged according to broadcast channel and broadcast time, the EPG information indicating at least one broadcast program; storing in memory information indicative of a user channel, the user channel information including program registration information, the program registration information identifying at least one broadcast program registered for preprogrammed playback and including a start time of the at least one registered broadcast program and a broadcast time of a corresponding broadcast program based on the EPG information; and enabling a display of the at least one registered broadcast program according to the start time of the at least one registered broadcast program.