A couple of frequency doubler circuits 21 and 22 which multiplys a
frequency of a reference oscillation signal outputted from a reference
oscillator 12 is provided, thereby a frequency of a reference oscillation
signal, as the greatest common divisor between a frequency (300 KHz)
determined by multiplying the frequency (fx=75 KHz) of a crystal
oscillator 11 by four and a frequency (54 KHz) determined by multiplying
an assigned frequency per one channel in AM radio broadcasting by a
prescribed divide ratio, can be higher than a conventional frequency.
This way realizes the decrease of a divide ratio in a programmable
counter 17, resulting in the reduction of the circuit scale, shortening
of the lock-up time, and improvement of the S/N ratio.