A communication system has an analog signal broadcasting station for
transmitting an analog signal, a digital signal broadcasting station for
transmitting a digital signal and a receiving unit for receiving the
analog signal from the analog signal broadcasting station and the digital
signal from the digital signal broadcasting station. The receiving unit
has a recording and reproducing unit for selectively recording one of
received analog and digital signals. The recording and reproducing unit
has heads for analog signal each having a predetermined azimuth angle and
operative to record an analog signal and heads for digital signal each
having an azimuth angle larger than that of the analog signal head and
operative to record a digital signal, and performs selective recording and
reproduction of the analog signal and the digital signal on and from a
recording medium.