1. A radio communication apparatus for successively receiving selective call signals each including a message which comprises a plurality of characters, said radio communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for successively receiving the messages included in the respective selective call signals as received messages; message storing means, connected to said receiving means, for storing the received messages therein as stored messages; character number storing means, connected to said message storing means, for storing the number of characters for each of said stored messages therein as a stored character number; character number visual displaying means, connected to said character number storing means, for visually displaying the stored character number for each of said stored messages thereon in a graphical representation; detecting means, connected to said character number visual displaying means, for detecting a point on said graphical representation selected by a user; and message visual displaying means, connected to said detecting means and said message storing means, for visually displaying a part of the stored messages corresponding to the point by reading the part out of said message storing means.