Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method

A channel selection section (17) receives a broadcast signal containing analog broadcasting and a broadcast signal containing digital broadcasting and selects one of the broadcast signals. A variable gain amplifier (25) amplifies the selected broadcast signal by a gain in accordance with a gain control signal. A digital broadcast signal demodulation section (33) demodulates a broadcast signal amplified by the variable gain amplifier (25) and provides a value based on a signal level of the broadcast signal, as the gain control signal. An analog broadcast signal demodulation section (28) demodulates analog broadcast signals which are contained in the broadcast signal selected by the channel selection section and which have passed through the filters (26 and 27). The digital broadcast signal demodulation section (28) includes a logical section (33-2) that sets a gain of the variable gain amplifier to have a minimum value if the channel selection section selects the analog broadcasting.