The oscillator having a tunable resonant circuit has a switch (SD) for expanding the tuning range, which is connected in series with two coils (L1a, L1b) jointly determining the oscillation frequency of the resonant circuit. A further coil (L2b), which is coupled to the resonant circuit in the region of the switch (SD), is used to supply a switching voltage (US) for the switch. In this arrangement, the other end of this third coil (L2b) is coupled to a reference potential (G), with a capacitor (C6), which acts as a short circuit for radio-frequency purposes, decoupling the switching voltage (US) from the reference potential (G). Since the switching voltage (US) is in this case coupled to an oscillator circuit node which is earthed for radio-frequency purposes, it is of no significance in this case which resistor is used to couple the switching voltage. This means that the resonant circuit is not resistively damped by the connection of the switching voltage. Coupled to the other end of the switching diode is a further component (L2a), preferably a fourth coil, which has the same inductance as the third coil (L2b), in order to dissipate the switching voltage. The first two coils are advantageously of the same size, so that this circuit coil jointly determining the oscillation frequency is earthed by the third coil exactly at its centre. This means that the quality factor and the oscillation properties of the resonant circuit are not adversely affected. Circuits of this type are used, in particular, in television sets to receive the lower and upper VHF bands.