DC9 CREW ENCOUNTERS NIL BRAKING ON TXWY AT AZO.

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ACFT DEPARTED LANSING; MI; FOR KALAMAZOO; MI. WX PACKAGE INDICATED THAT FIELD CONDITIONS AT AZO WERE .54 MU. FLT TO AND LNDG AT AZO WAS UNEVENTFUL. TWR CTLR SAID BRAKING ACTION ON RWY 35 WAS .54 ON APCH. AFTER LNDG AND ROLLOUT; TWR CTLR SAID THAT WE WERE CLRED TO OUR GATE VIA TXWY C AND THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS .28 MU (FAIR). AS WE TURNED TO ENTER THE TXWY; IT WAS APPARENT THAT NOSEWHEEL STEERING WAS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO ICE AT THE INTXN OF THE RWY AND TXWY. ALSO; BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR TO NIL. THE ACFT WAS HDG FOR THE SIDE OF THE TXWY AND WAS NOT SLOWING OR TURNING. I TOLD CAPT TO USE REVERSE THRUST IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ACFT BEFORE DEPARTING THE TXWY. (THE 'CAPT' IS A NEW CAPT ON AN IOE TRIP. IT WAS A CHIEF PLT IN THE R SEAT.) HE USED REVERSE THRUST AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ACFT. COMPRESSOR STALLS WERE EXPERIENCED; BUT UNSURE OF WHICH ENGS. AS THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP; THE NOSE OF THE ACFT TURNED L. AIRPLANES WERE WAITING TO TAKE OFF ON RWY 35 AND I WAS UNSURE IF WE WERE TOTALLY CLR OF THE RWY. WE CONTINUED TO THE GATE. STEERING WAS GOOD AND BRAKING WAS GOOD. AFTER RPTING THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL; WE PROCEEDED TO GATE WITH NO PROBS. AT GATE; I REQUESTED GND CHK OF TXWY TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN WE DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING. AFTER CONTACTING COMPANY DISPATCH AND INSPECTING ACFT TO BE CERTAIN NO DAMAGE; IT WAS CONCLUDED NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ACFT AND THAT INDEED WE HAD STAYED ON TXWY. ENGS WERE INSPECTED PER MAINT PROCS FOR COMPRESSOR STALLS. ALL OK.