PURPOSE: To realize a receiver provided with an AGC circuit able to adjust an optimum gain control corresponding to a reception frequency even in the case of an input signal having a broad band frequency.

CONSTITUTION: A signal IN of plural channels subjected to frequency division multiplex conversion is received and any of channel signals is selected and demodulated by the receiver and it is provided with an automatic gain control circuit 100 controlling automatically the gain of the reception signal IN in response to a control input signal VS representing the reception state to add information VTUNE to select a channel desiring of its reception to a control input signal of the automatic gain control circuit.