[3] Born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,[1] Muggeridge was educated at Shrewsbury School.
Following on from Robin Scott[5] the first Controller for the two networks, Muggeridge tried to up-date the BBC's thinking on pop music radio.
Although not a great pop music fan himself, he was responsible for giving both networks their individual identities and for introducing a twice-daily news magazine programme to Radio 1.
In 1971, he appointed Rodney Collins - known as a supporter of pirate radio through his weekly music newspaper columns - as Publicity Officer for the two networks in an attempt to gain more coverage for Radio 1 in music papers such as the NME, Melody Maker, Disc and Record Mirror.
In 1972, Muggeridge signed up leading BBC broadcasters such as Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Young and Pete Murray to long-term contracts in the face of the challenge from the new local commercial radio stations.