DJ Dave Lee Travis has been taken off air "with immediate effect" by radio station Magic AM following his arrest on suspicion of sexual offences.
The 67-year-old ex-Radio 1 DJ was arrested at his home in Mentmore, Buckinghamshire as part of the police probe into the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He was bailed on Thursday evening to return in early January, police said.
Magic AM said it would be "inappropriate" for him to broadcast until the investigation was resolved.
The Met said their investigation - Operation Yewtree - into alleged abuse by Savile and others had so far recorded 200 allegations of sexual assault.
They have also identified about 450 potential victims of sexual abuse.
The arrest of Mr Travis is the fourth so far in connection with the Savile investigation.
A spokeswoman for Bauer Media, which owns Magic AM, said: "Following the arrest and release on police bail of Dave Lee Travis, Bauer Media has decided to take him off air with immediate effect from his Magic AM weekend shows, which broadcast across the north of England.
- Operation Yewtree: Scotland Yard criminal investigation into claims that Jimmy Savile sexually abused young people
- BBC investigation into management failures over the dropping of a Newsnight report into the Savile allegations
- BBC investigation into culture and practices during Savile's career and current policies
- BBC investigation into handling of past sexual harassment claims
- Department of Health investigation into Savile's appointment to Broadmoor "taskforce" and his activities at Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary
- Director of Public Prosecutions review into decisions not to prosecute Savile in 2009
- North Wales abuse inquiry by National Crime Agency head into abuse claims from 70s and 80s, fresh claims, and police handling of the claims
- Mrs Justice Macur appointed by PM to review the 2000 Waterhouse review which looked into the north Wales abuse
- BBC Scotland director Ken MacQuarrie is looking into what happened with the Newsnight investigation into north Wales abuse claims
"We understand that the allegations about which he was questioned by police pre-date his time as a freelance contributor to Magic AM.
"While we can make no judgment on the matters under investigation, we believe it would be inappropriate for him to broadcast until they are resolved."
In a statement on Thursday, the Met said their latest arrest, in which they did not officially name Mr Travis, "falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Others'", meaning the allegations are unrelated to Savile.
But the force said that the "vast majority" of the 450 possible victims were alleging sexual abuse by former BBC TV presenter and DJ Savile, who died last year aged 84.
Mr Travis - known by the nicknames DLT and the Hairy Cornflake - is best known for his 25-year stint on Radio 1 which ended in 1993.
Mr Travis also presented editions of Top of the Pops in the 1970s and 1980s.
He now presents The DLT Show, a radio programme on the Magic Network.
The BBC postponed the transmission of an edition of Top of the Pops from 1977 hosted by Mr Travis that was due to be shown on BBC Four on Thursday.
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