The 83-year-old was taken into custody at his Sydney apartment early on Monday morning, according to the BBC.
Jones has been charged with sexually abusing seven men and a 17-year-old boy, reports said.
Alan Jones will assert his innocence appropriately in the courtroom.
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Through a decades-long career mostly working for local Sydney station 2GB, Jones has not been without controversy.
He retired a year later citing poor health.